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RefNoEL/W1/133
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
CreatorWallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford
Date27 November 1671
DescriptionStates that he has received Pocock's paper in Arabic and English; further thoughts about letter to Leibniz about motion is the cohesive principle and provides some further lines which can be added (in Latin); concerning books for the Bishop of Oxford
LanguageLatin
English
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originOxford, Oxfordshire, England
Origin coordinates51.75222, -1.25596
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 387
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2f951a63-6450-4f66-802c-baea9e333b28
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA7472Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer1616 - 1703
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