Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/A/12
Date: 27 January 1666
Description
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
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- Ink on paper
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- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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'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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Adrian Auzout
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Henry Oldenburg
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Robert Hooke
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