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Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/A/12

Date: 27 January 1666

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Concerning Robert Hooke's discovery of a spot on Mars and Eustachio Divini's discovery of a permanent spot on Jupiter. Accepts the invitation to become a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1666

Reference number
EL/A/12
Earliest possible date
27 January 1666
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Adrian Auzout

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Adrian Auzout, Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 27 January 1666, EL/A/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_12/letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 12 October 2024

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