Record

Reference numberLBO/1/141
Alternative reference numberLBO/1/370
LevelFile
TitleCopy of a letter from Adrian Auzout at Paris to Henry Oldenburg
Date28 December 1666
DescriptionConcerning a design ' to institute a Philosophical Academy at Paris; a new way to take the diameters of the planets; telescopical glasses of Signor Burattine in Poland; the controversy between the author of this letter and Hevelius; the late horizontal Eclipse of the Moon; and Monsieur Auzout's respect to the Royal Society.'
LanguageFrench
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2328Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer1622 - 1691
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