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RefNoEL/D1/60
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Derham to Richard Waller, dated at Upminster
CreatorDerham; William (1657-1735); Church of England clergyman; natural philosopher; canon of Windsor
Date30 November 1713
DescriptionDerham informs the Royal Society that Monsieur de la Hire has wrongly attributed Monsieur Picard, instead of Mr Gascoigne, of first applying telescopic sights to mathematical instruments in his article. He says that he will send on Gascoigne's papers so that they can be published in 'Philosophical Transactions'.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originUpminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Origin coordinates51.55594, 0.2556
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/15/35
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/274fd2f2-7f7c-4b29-97bd-d7f0e4e08b67
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6739Waller; Richard (c1646 - 1715); natural philosopher and translatorc1646 - 1715
NA6239Derham; William (1657 - 1735); naturalist1657 - 1735
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