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TitleLetter, from William Molyneux [to the Royal Society], dated at Dublin
CreatorMolyneux; William (1656-1698); experimental philosopher; constitutional writer
Date20 July 1686
DescriptionThat Molyneux was satisfied with the explanation of adapting the wire in Hooke's level; will contact the bookseller on return from travel to the countryside; ideas about how to measure a degree of the Earth; concerning a mistake in a mathematical proposition about parabolas
Read to the Royal Society on 4 August 1686
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originDublin, Leinster, Ireland
Origin coordinates53.33306, -6.24889
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialLBO/10/323
JBO/8/92
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e14967f0-9973-436f-9249-b65517132f11
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5638Molyneux; William (1656 - 1698); natural philosopher and writer1656 - 1698
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