Paper, regarding telescopes invented before 1609 by [John] Eames
Reference number: CLP/2/19
Date: 1726
Description
Paper by Eames regarding the history of telescopes prior to 1609. Eames quotes Christian Huygens, Gaspar Schott, and Fromandus at length in Latin.
Subject: Scientific Instruments / Optics
Read to the Royal Society on 29 November 1726.
- Reference number
- CLP/2/19
- Earliest possible date
- 1726
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Eames, Paper, regarding telescopes invented before 1609 by [John] Eames, 1726, CLP/2/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_2_19/paper-regarding-telescopes-invented-before-1609-by-john-eames, accessed on 20 April 2025
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Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'
1656-1737 Reference number: CLP/2
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Christiaan Huygens
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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