Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/A/10

Date: 01 January 1666

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Concerning Tito Livio Burattini's optical glasses and his observations of Venus. This is a partial translation into English of a letter (EL/A/9) in English by Oldenburg.

Subject: Optometry / Astronomy

Reference number: EL/A/10
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1666
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Adrian Auzout

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Adrian Auzout, Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1666, EL/A/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_10/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 05 October 2024

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Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Creator: Adrian Auzout Reference number: EL/A/9

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters: A, letters in natural philosophy from correspondents with surname starting 'A'
1664-1736 Reference number: EL/A

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