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TitleLetter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
CreatorMoray; Sir; Robert (1608-1673); army officer; politician; freemason
Date16 November 1665
DescriptionConcerning the astronomical observations of Mr Balle particularly about the satellites of Jupiter; concerning observations of the comet by Hevelius, Auzout and Hooke; concerning Kercher's 'heteroclite tubes'; concerning 'mercurialis liquor'
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 608
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/304b7543-2d7c-49e1-a40b-b50fe99b064e
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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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