| Reference number | EL/H1/117 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Du Hamel; Jean Baptiste (1624-1706); French astronomer; natural philosopher; physicist; cleric; first secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences; Prior of St Lambert |
| Date | 11 June 1676 |
| Description | States that he is creating a university course in Paris with Abbe Jean-Nicolas Colbert (1655-1707); concerning Picard's observations concerning light |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Origin coordinates | 48.85341, 2.3488 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 12, p 305 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e48b5dc4-428c-4dfd-97c2-004bf8ac5709 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |