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Letter, from John Beale to Robert Hooke

Reference number: EL/B1/60

Date: 01 January 1670

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Concerning a tube for the Hevelian polemoscope; discussion of glasses for short-sighted people; discussing Mr Smethwick's telescope

Reference number
EL/B1/60
Earliest possible date
01 January 1670
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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John Beale

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John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to Robert Hooke, 01 January 1670, EL/B1/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_60/letter-from-john-beale-to-robert-hooke, accessed on 16 March 2025

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  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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