RefNo | EL/H1/38 |
Level | Item |
Title | Translation of a letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray |
Creator | Huygens; Christiaan (1629-1695); Dutch physicist; mathematician; astonomer |
Date | 1664 |
Description | Original letter no longer exists but was dated 31 October 1664 Discussing the rise and fall of mercury, and Slusius of Liege's thermometer; doubts Campani's tool for grinding lenses, and asks about the production of large lenses; expects a parcel of glass from his father, that the Parisians are impressed with his father's microscope, and that his father was impressed with Campani's telescope |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | For transcription see EL/H1/39 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/88f72a50-4c59-491f-a1ca-64176619c19e |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |
NA8062 | Huygens; Christiaan (1629 - 1695); natural philosopher | 1629 - 1695 |