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Showing 44 letters from 1685–1690

44 letters from Henri Justel; 0 letters from Edmond Halley

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Concerning a machine that consumes smoke Read to the Royal Society on 17 March 1685

Reference number: EL/I1/93

Account of a plant from Holland which gives an inflammable powder (sulphur) Read to the Royal Society on 24 March 1685

Reference number: EL/I1/94
1686

Concerns resuscitating six puppies with salt; account of a statue of the King by Marshal de la Feuillade at the Place des Victoires Read to the Royal Society on 14 April 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/96

Account of a Chinese chess board with rules of play Read to the Royal Society on 28 April 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/98

Mentions that in a recent volume of 'Journal des Scavans' Cassini has discovered two further satellites of Saturn; concerning the tincture from lac Read to the Royal Society on 28 April 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/99

Concerning a small microscope by Campani; concerning the navigability of the Tiber river Read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/100

Concerning literary notices eg history of pirates in the West Indies [Caribbean]; mentions that two small vessels had sailed from the French port of Brest to Java in four months Read to the Royal Society on 23 June 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/101

Account of the two globes to be made in Paris by Father Colonelli, and that he will be producing a new atlas Read to the Royal Society on 24 November 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/102

Concerns several literary notices Read to the Royal Society on 29 December 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/103

Re-counting notices mentioned in Auzout's letter from Italy, in particular, about Campani's microscope which is three inches long Read to the Royal Society on 5 January 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/104

Concerning Cassini's observations of the declination at Paris; concerns striking a new medal for Tekeli; concerning the piece of cloth tinged with a red colour for the Bishop of Soissons

Reference number: EL/I1/106

Account of the effects of lightning upon the glass of a cupboard of the Bishop of Soissons Read to the Royal Society on 9 February 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/111

Re-counting information from Adrian Auzout in Rome, particularly about porphyry, granite; and concerning Burnet's letters

Reference number: EL/I1/112
1687

Conveying the thanks of the Bishop of Soissions for obtaining samples of the cloth stained with purple dye (purpura) from Mr Cole Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/105

Concerning the crepuscula or twilight which is longer than usual; observations of indigenous Canadians folding strips of birch bark and indenting them Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1686

Reference number: EL/I1/107

Concerning delivery of letters; concerning M de Lauardin in Rome Note reads: 'not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/I1/108

Concerning a difference of opinion between William Petty and Adrian Auzout and the number of houses in Paris. Justel wishes for his name not to be associated with this Read to the Royal Society on 26 January 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/109

That books by the Jesuit, Father Couplet, have been printed in Paris ('The Morales of Confucius' with the genealogy of the kings of China); concerning Ciampini's research about mosaics in churches; concerning a paper on microscopes and machines with long lenses Read to the Royal Society on 2 February 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/110

Concerning Auzout's letter about an inscription (printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16, no 183, p 172), which was recently found in Rome, with his views about Vosius's interpretation of the same inscription Read to the Royal Society on 20 April 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/113

Sending comments from another about Auzout's views on Vossius's interpretation of the Roman inscription Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/I1/115

Sends a tract by Monsieur de la Hire Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/I1/116

Noting that four people had been chosen to work on the 'Journal des Scavans'; notices about publications Read to the Royal Society on 22 June 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/117

States that Roemer had improved his machine for consuming smoke Read to the Royal Society on 29 June 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/118

Copy of a letter sent to M Nicasse (in Latin) about an infant with enlarged genitalia, concerning porphyry from North America

Reference number: EL/I1/119

Notice about porphyry and white marble in Canada

Reference number: EL/I1/120

Notice about the inscription on a alabaster vase which looks like Gothic and Saxon characters; about two new journals in France; about new flowers and rare plants in Holland Read to the Royal Society on 4 January 1687

Reference number: EL/I1/121
1688

Concerning a dissertation about the Graeco-Roman period and chronological apparatus in the Ecclesiastical Annals (attached in printed form) Read to the Royal Society on 17 March 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/89

Concerning a recently published book from Paris about China with a description of Peking; concerns heating water using a ball of copper filled with an unspecified material Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/122

Concerns heating water with a copper ball (see EL/I1/122)

Reference number: EL/I1/123

Further details about the clockwork peacock (see EL/I1/124) Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/125

Discussing Varignon's new treatise on gravity; concerning the clockwork peacock (EL/I1/124 and EL/I1/125); concerning a musketeer who was injured Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/126

Account of a new barometer by Turet; concerning the work of Auzout; that the catacombs at Naples are closed for fear of polluting the air

Reference number: EL/I1/127

States that he sends opinions about the letter of Vossius about determining longitude Note reads: 'Not worth entering [in the Letter Book]' Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/128

States that there will be an account about the natural history of Siam by Jesuits and about Cassini's method for determining longitude and his observations of the satellites of Jupiter; concerning a hive of bees Read to the Royal Society on 18 July 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/129

Observations of M Patz of Rotterdam in China, who was thinking of returning through Muscovy; concerning a vessel which sailed from Siam to Paris that can observe the ebbing and flowing of the sea; other notices Read to the Royal Society on 24 October 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/130

Concerning the ruins of an ancient city east of Tripoli and that marble columns were being brought back from there Read to the Royal Society on 24 October 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/131

Concerning Monsieur de la Salle's discoveries in America; concerning the ruins of an ancient city east of Tripoli with an account of the marble columns that were being brought back from there Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/132

Concerning Father Gouy's observations of the latitude and longitude of Peking and Moscow; that pillars from east of Tripoli had been brought to France (see EL/I1/132) Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1688

Reference number: EL/I1/133
1689

That the indiginous peoples of Cayenne make a plant infusion which will induce sleep when rubbed on the temples and eye-lids; that the King of France received the columns (mentioned in EL/I1/132 and EL/I1/133); that he has received armour made of wood

Reference number: EL/I1/134
1690

Concerning Enno Menesaides who left his papers to Stephen Flower

Reference number: EL/I1/135

Concerning the Republic of Letters; notifying his change of address in London Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/I1/136

Sends work of Vossius which is a response to M de la Chapelle Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/I1/141

Concerns a copy of an extract of a letter from Adrian Auzout Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/I1/146

Concerns a book by Newton about the movement of the planets

Reference number: EL/I1/147