Paper, 'Anagrammata propositionum XIV' by Christian Huygens
Reference number: CLP/3i/56
Date: 04 September 1669
Description
These are anagrams of 14 propositions that describe Christian Huygens's discoveries. Huygens, in his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 August 1669, asked them to be kept at the Royal Society in order to secure his priority in their discovery.
Subject: Physics / Coding
Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1669.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/56
- Earliest possible date
- 04 September 1669
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens, Paper, 'Anagrammata propositionum XIV' by Christian Huygens, 04 September 1669, CLP/3i/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_56/paper-anagrammata-propositionum-xiv-by-christian-huygens, accessed on 15 May 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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