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Reference numberEL/W1/105
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
CreatorWallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford
Date24 March 1670
DescriptionSends Henry Hyrne's letter (EL/H1/107) and his reply to it (EL/W1/102); considers publication of his letters on the topic of tides

On the reverse is a copy of Oldenburg's reply
LanguageLatin
English
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originOxford, Oxfordshire, England
Origin coordinates51.75222, -1.25596
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 592
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0927ce26-881f-4191-ad54-ad2436b5e640
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA7472Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer1616 - 1703
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