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Paper, On M. [Jean] de Hautefeuille's method of shortening the telescope without diminishing its effect by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/91

Date: 08 December 1697

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Discusses Hautefeuille's book, printed at Paris in 1697 and presented to the gentlemen of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. Discusses the efficiency of his proposals about shortening the telescope and what to do with its glass.

Subject: Astronomy, Engineering, Optics

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CLP/20/91
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08 December 1697
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, On M. [Jean] de Hautefeuille's method of shortening the telescope without diminishing its effect by Robert Hooke, 08 December 1697, CLP/20/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_91/paper-on-m-jean-de-hautefeuilles-method-of-shortening-the-telescope-without-diminishing-its-effect-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 21 July 2026

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