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Letter, from Ismael Boulliaud to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/B1/124

Date: 07 February 1675

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Autograph letter concerning Dr Wallis's 'Arithmetica infinitorum' and Boulliaud's observations of the lunar eclipse on 11 January (Table published in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 111, p 238)
Read to the Royal Society on 11 February 1675

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EL/B1/124
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07 February 1675
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Ismael Bullialdus

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Ismael Bullialdus, Letter, from Ismael Boulliaud to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 07 February 1675, EL/B1/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_124/letter-from-ismael-boulliaud-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 07 June 2026

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