Paper, 'An account of the instrument for measuring refractions used at Paris' by Monsieur Thevenet
Reference number: CLP/8i/25
Date: December 1664
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The drawing was sent from Monsieur Thevenot in Paris to Henry Oldenburg. It is part of an English letter in the hand of Henry Oldenburg, which must be his English translation of the original French.
It explains how the instrument can be made, and also how it should be used. The instrument was used to measure refractions coming from a pool of water and consists of a triangular glass.
Subject: Optics / Astronomy
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/25
- Earliest possible date
- December 1664
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'An account of the instrument for measuring refractions used at Paris' by Monsieur Thevenet, December 1664, CLP/8i/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_25/paper-an-account-of-the-instrument-for-measuring-refractions-used-at-paris-by-monsieur-thevenet, accessed on 07 October 2024
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