| RefNo | EL/A/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg |
| Date | 1666 |
| Description | Concerning Auzout's new methods of taking the diameters of the planets; concerning Burattini's telescopic lenses; some details about the controversy between Auzout and Hevelius; hopes for observing the horizontal eclipse of the moon
This is a partial translation of the letter (EL/A/17) by Oldenburg
Read to Royal Society on 9 January 1667 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | EL/A/17 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e44fcf24-3f11-4419-8718-e2a7f9701c31 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2328 | Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer | 1622 - 1691 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |