Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/A/9

Date: 12 February 1666

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Mentions Robert Hooke's lens-grinding machine and his new invention for lengthening telescopes. Also concerns Tito Livio Burattini's optical glasses and his observations of Venus.

Subject: Optometry / Astronomy

Reference number: EL/A/9
Earliest possible date: 12 February 1666
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, dated at Paris, 12 February 1666, EL/A/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_9/letter-from-adrian-auzout-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 May 2025

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Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg
Creator: Adrian Auzout Reference number: EL/A/10

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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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