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LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Christopher Wren to John Wilkins, dated at Wadham College
CreatorWren; Sir; Christopher (1632-1723); architect; mathematician; astronomer
Date26 November 1663
DescriptionAccount of the design of Wren's weather clock; states that two wings of it might be attached to a pendulum clock
Read at the Royal Society on 9 December 1663
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originWadham College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Origin coordinates51.75222, -1.25596
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialFigure of clock at RBO.2i.321
RelatedRecordRBO/2i/78
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ce899e8b-140a-4271-b3e8-6b37b40165ab
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8296Wilkins; John (1614 - 1672); theologian and natural philosopher1614 - 1672
NA8299Wren; Sir; Christopher (1632 - 1723); architect, astronomer, and mathematician1632 - 1723
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