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RefNoEL/H1/67
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
CreatorHuygens; Christiaan (1629-1695); Dutch physicist; mathematician; astonomer
Date30 October 1669
DescriptionRaises doubts about a paper on the flight of spiders for publication in 'Philosophical Transactions'; concern about 45-foot and 50-foot telescopes and that Campani's 15-foot telescope achieves good results; discusses his laws of motion and asks Neile to clarify his question on this topic; states that he will send a report about his marine clocks soon
Read to the Royal Society on 4 November 1669
LanguageFrench
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.85341, 2.3488
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', edited and translated by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 289
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/69e68471-a0a2-4b9e-a8f2-47932773468e
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8062Huygens; Christiaan (1629 - 1695); natural philosopher1629 - 1695
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