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RefNoEL/I1/50
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorJustel; Henri (1620-1693); librarian; juror; bibliophile; scholar
Date1667
DescriptionConcerning Adrian Auzout's criticisms of Richard Towneley's instrument for measuring distances, which was also queried by other astonomers and mechanics in Paris; encloses a figure from Auzout
LanguageFrench
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPartial English translation by Oldenburg see EL/I1/51
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 436
LBO/31/133
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6ac2aab8-12c8-4a7f-a3bf-06610ff4b1a6
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA6104Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian1620 - ? 1693
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