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Letter, from Dr [Thomas] Beverly to John Wallis at Oxford

Reference number: EL/B2/49

Date: 28 December 1698

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Beverely's letter to the Royal Society conveys information supplied by Mr Petto about his observations of the sun seen in Sudbury, Suffolk
Note by Hans Sloane to Dr Wallis, dated 11 November 1698, states that the Royal Society, after hearing the letter on 9 November, wanted the opinion of Wallis on this matter
Figure in text
Transcribed in RBO.7.240
Partly printed in 'Philososophical Transactions', vol 21, no 250, p 107

Reference number
EL/B2/49
Earliest possible date
28 December 1698
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
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Thomas Beverly

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Thomas Beverly, Letter, from Dr [Thomas] Beverly to John Wallis at Oxford, 28 December 1698, EL/B2/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_49/letter-from-dr-thomas-beverly-to-john-wallis-at-oxford, accessed on 04 December 2024

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