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Reference numberLBO/1/23
Alternative reference numberLBO/1/59
LevelFile
TitleCopy extract of a letter from Christian Huygens at the Hague, to Robert Moray
Date9 June 1662
DescriptionDiscusses the ' Restitution of bodys; Refraction; the swelling of a man's Arme in the Rarifying Engine; Particularitys concerning the Torricelian Experiment, the not descending of Water purified of Air, the Systeme of Saturn, and the Pendulum watches'

Includes two figures of Saturn orbit
LanguageFrench
Extent4p
Access statusOpen
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