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

Reference number: EL/A/18

Date: 28 December 1666

Description

Partial transcription by Oldenburg of the letter EL/A/17
For a translation of this letter by Oldenburg see EL/A/19

Subject: Physics/ Hydrostatics/ Astronomy
Read to Royal Society on 9 January 1666

Reference number
EL/A/18
Earliest possible date
28 December 1666
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Adrian Auzout

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Adrian Auzout, Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, 28 December 1666, EL/A/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_18/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 12 October 2024

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