Letter, from Erasmus Bartholin to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen

Reference number: EL/B2/17

Date: 04 August 1672

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Autograph letter with information about the work of Jean Picard at the observatory, known as the Round Tower, in Denmark; concerning the work of his brother, Thomas Bartholin, regarding the standard foot measurement

Reference number: EL/B2/17
Earliest possible date: 04 August 1672
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Erasmus Bartholin

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Erasmus Bartholin, Letter, from Erasmus Bartholin to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen, 04 August 1672, EL/B2/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_17/letter-from-erasmus-bartholin-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-copenhagen, accessed on 02 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
Early Letters B2
1669-1731 Reference number: EL/B2

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