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RefNoEL/C1/91
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from de Cocherel to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorDe Cocherel (fl 1669-1673)
Date15 October 1669
DescriptionAutograph letter
Containing de Cocherel's friend's method for determining longitude by observing the motion of the moon with the sun to find out when it will touch the meridian
De Cocherel provides a table for when the moon will reach the meridian of Paris during November 1669
LanguageFrench
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/28/372
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 262
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e7ef26bb-4367-4578-9437-c5feb39cfa59
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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