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Reference numberEL/M1/23
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
CreatorMoray; Sir; Robert (1608-1673); army officer; politician; freemason
Date15 December 1665
DescriptionConcerning de Son's philosophy of dioptrics and parabolic lenses; concerning Mr Balle's observations of Saturn which will be sent to Huygens; concerning taxes in France

Oldenburg has added a note to de Son (in French) wishing to learn of his results and also asks about how to extract lead from a mirror, and then the silver from the lead, at a small cost
LanguageFrench
English
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originOxford, Oxfordshire, England
Origin coordinates51.75222, -1.25596
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed (with note translated ) in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 641
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/709b6751-6513-484b-891b-e942efbe2ddc
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
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