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Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/A/7

Date: 03 October 1665

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Requesting that information be sent about observations of Tenerife; further thoughts on Robert Hooke's lens-grinding machine.

Subject: Astronomy / Scientific instruments

Reference number
EL/A/7
Earliest possible date
03 October 1665
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Adrian Auzout

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Adrian Auzout, Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, 03 October 1665, EL/A/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_7/letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 09 October 2024

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