Letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/B1/53
Date: 28 May 1668
Description
Autograph letter concerning the scheme of magnetical variations sent by Captain Samuel Sturmy. The observations were taken on 13 June 1666 in the presence of Mr Staynred at Rownham Meadows near Bristol.
Table attached.
Sturmy (1633-1669) worked in the West Indies [Caribbean] trade from Bristol and then settled there as a mathematical practitioner and teacher
Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1668
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- EL/B1/53
- Earliest possible date
- 28 May 1668
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- Ink on paper
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg, 28 May 1668, EL/B1/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_53/letter-from-john-beale-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 24 January 2025
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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 -
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John Beale
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Henry Oldenburg
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