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RefNoEL/M1/11
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
CreatorMoray; Sir; Robert (1608-1673); army officer; politician; freemason
Date28 September 1665
DescriptionConcerning correspondence with Huygens; concerning delivery of Hevelius's 'Prodromus'; concerning Hooke's observations of the comets and Auzout's theory about the motion of the comet; concerning commerce with S Burrhi; answers queries from Amsterdam; concerning political events in Europe; that Robert Boyle's experiments with colour were carried out at the Society

Note from Oldenburg at the foot of letter about making a quorum of the Society
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originOxford, Oxfordshire, England
Origin coordinates51.75222, -1.25596
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 528
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/240e2a94-b21c-49c6-b1e5-a184b4b02c9a
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
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