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Letter, from Robert Hooke to John Beale

Reference number: EL/B1/61

Date: 01 January 1670

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This letter is Hooke's reply to Beale's letter (EL/B1/60)
Hooke discusses the Hevelian polemoscope; discusses Mr Smethwick's telescope and states that research into telescopes and microscopes is still deficient

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EL/B1/61
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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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to John Beale, 01 January 1670, EL/B1/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_61/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-john-beale, accessed on 10 October 2024

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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