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Reference numberEL/V/12
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
CreatorVernon; Francis (1637-1677); traveller and diplomat; secretary to the English ambassador in Paris
Date1670
DescriptionConcerning work on the doctrine of motion (sends a parcel containing 12 propositions and demonstrations) and on parhelia (mock suns); concerning Cassini's work on the ephemerides; mentioning experiments on pendulums; mentioning Picard's work and that Justel was sending a paper about seeds from Quintinies
Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1670
LanguageEnglish
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.85341, 2.3488
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 501
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e9a10499-872d-486d-967b-eaa729719bb4
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA5652Vernon; Francis (c1637 - 1677); traveller and diplomatc1637 - 1677
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