| RefNo | EL/C2/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Juan Cruzado to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Cruzado; Juan (fl 1675) |
| Date | 10 December 1675 |
| Description | Cruzado discusses points made in his letter of (EL/C2/1). These are:
- a new place for the prime meridian
- testing the equal revolution of the natural day with his pendulum clock
- ascertaining the moon's place on land and at sea
- the longitude of Seville from observations of the lunar eclipse and Tychonic tables
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1675
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 10, no 118, p 429 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4.5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1675.0043 |
Transcribed in LBO/7/272
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 12, p 69 |
| RelatedRecord | LBO/7/131 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/95d77798-1e70-4a13-ba58-3f4df767e335 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); natural philosopher and scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |