RefNo | EL/M1/17 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608-1673); army officer; politician; freemason |
Date | 29 October 1665 |
Description | Referring to de Son's parabolic lenses; wishing for a reduction in the numbers who are ill with plague; that Hevelius's 'Prodromus' had not been delivered yet; that Brouncker could not comment on the dispute between Auzout and Hooke without seeing their letters
Moray adds a note, dated 30 October, stating that he has read a proof of Wallis's work and about printing other copies |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 582 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c85b90dc-d9c7-4f88-b5a1-4679c0288c8b |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |