Letter, from William Brouncker to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/B1/8
Date: 01 December 1670
Description
Autograph letter inviting Oldenburg to come for dinner. Brouncker continues by discussing the length of a second pendulum in French and English feet.
Subject: Physics
- Reference number
- EL/B1/8
- Earliest possible date
- 01 December 1670
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Brouncker, Letter, from William Brouncker to Henry Oldenburg, 01 December 1670, EL/B1/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_8/letter-from-william-brouncker-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 December 2024
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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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William Brouncker
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Henry Oldenburg
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