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John Wallis
Hans Sloane
Wishing to remove some sections of his paper which is going to be published in the 'Philosophical Transactions'
17 May 1697 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/61
Provides the title 'A letter of Dr Wallis to Dr Sloane concerning the generation of hail and of thunder and lightning and the effects thereof' of his paper to be printed in the 'Philosophical Transactions'
09 August 1697 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/62
1698
Account of the effects of thunder, lightning and hail on several people who were killed in Northamptonshire on 27 July 1691 Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1697
11 January 1698 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/63
Sends further details about thunder and lighning in Northamptonshire (see EL/W2/63)
20 January 1698 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/64
Adds a postscript to his letter to Andrew Fletcher concerning music
05 September 1698 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/78
Sends a correction for publication of letter in 'Philosophical Transactions'; details of an easterly breeze (trade-winds) in Barbados Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1698
21 September 1698 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/79
Concerning the printing of a paper in 'Philosophical Transactions'; details about the trade-winds in Barbados
17 October 1698 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/81
1699
Concerning the quadrature of parts of the 'lunula' of Hippocrates by John Perks of Worcestershire, and David Gregory's views about it. Gregory was a Professor of Astonomy at Oxford. Figures in text
20 December 1699 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/73
Concerning the Julian and Gregorian year (or old style and new style) with his reasons for why the dating system should not be changed
01 January 1699 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/74
Covering note for letter EL/W2/74 stating that it could be published
06 September 1699 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/75
Discussing a book and author (not specified)
01 February 1699 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/82
Transcribes a letter from Leibniz concerning the work of Nicholas Fatio (1664-1753) on geometry
22 August 1699 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/83
Discussing Leibniz's letter about Nicholas Fatio (see EL/W2/83); concerning delivery of letters and about publication of some of them
02 September 1699 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/84
1700
Discussing the Gregorian correction to the calendar and concerning Leibniz's letter about this change to the old and new style of dating in Protestant countries
11 May 1700 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/66
Discussing the propositions of M de Moivre about the dimensions of solids generated by the conversion of Hippocrate's 'Lunula' and its parts Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1700
05 December 1700 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/69
Encloses his letter with the propositions of M de Moivre (EL/W2/69); concerning his correspondence with Edward Tyson
07 December 1700 Sender: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/70