Letter, from Adrian Auzout to L'Abbe Charles, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/A/2

Date: 13 October 1664

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Concerning Giuseppe Campani's optical glasses with observations of the rings of Saturn and satellites of Jupiter.

Subject: Optometry

Extract read at the Royal Society on 22 March 1664.

Reference number: EL/A/2
Earliest possible date: 13 October 1664
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 14 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Adrian Auzout

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Adrian Auzout, Letter, from Adrian Auzout to L'Abbe Charles, dated at Paris, 13 October 1664, EL/A/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_2/letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-labbe-charles-dated-at-paris, accessed on 15 October 2024

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Monsieur Auzout´s judgement touching the apertures of object-glasses, and their proportions, in respect of the several lengths of telescopes External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 3rd May 1665

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0027

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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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