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Reference numberEL/L5/91
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Locke to Robert Hooke, dated at Montpellier
CreatorLocke; John (1632-1704); English philosopher
Date29 October 1678
DescriptionSends observations of the eclipse of the moon made by an unnamed friend, which are in French. Locke states that he arrived when the moon was totally eclipsed
Read to the Royal Society on 12 December 1678
LanguageFrench
English
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originMontpellier, Occitanie, France
Origin coordinates43.61092, 3.87723
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e60616e7-db10-4fc6-a130-d4298e0e3388
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
NA8232Locke; John (1632 - 1704); philosopher1632 - 1704
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