| RefNo | EL/P1/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of a letter, from Pierre Petit to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Petit; Pierre (1594-1677); engineer; physicist; astronomer; mathematician; instrument builder |
| Date | 1667 |
| Description | Original letter dated 5 April 1667
Concerning theories on the subject of the variation of magnetic declination (see EL/P1/6); concerning Petit's paper on the latitude at Paris and magnet declination printed in 1660; can send a paper on the properties of lodestones
Read at the Royal Society on 30 May 1667 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 375
English translation see EL/P1/7 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0506304f-9004-4b44-bf4d-69759e9544a8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
| NA4518 | Petit; Pierre (? 1594 - 1677); engineer and astronomer | ? 1594 - 1677 |