| RefNo | EL/H1/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Translated extract of a letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray |
| Creator | Huygens; Christiaan (1629-1695); Dutch physicist; mathematician; astonomer |
| Date | 1663 |
| Description | Concerns sending clocks for use at sea; concerning a new instrument by Petty; gives an account of his instrument ('rarifying engine' - figure in text); carries out an experiment by Linus and gives his observations
Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1663 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original is EL/H1/18 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/4i/23 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/285e8bce-2178-4823-9c34-245cb30a779e |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |
| NA8062 | Huygens; Christiaan (1629 - 1695); natural philosopher | 1629 - 1695 |