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

Reference number: EL/A/13

Date: 12 February 1666

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Concerning the length of lenses used by Giuseppe Campani, Robert Hooke, Christiaan Huygens and Auzout in observing the shadows of the satellites and permanent spot on Jupiter; observations of Saturn; Robert Boyle's hydrostatical experiments; and barometrical observations. See EL/A/14 for original letter in French.

Subject: Astronomy; Physics

Reference number
EL/A/13
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12 February 1666
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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Adrian Auzout

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Adrian Auzout, Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, 12 February 1666, EL/A/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_13/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 13 May 2025

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