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Letter, from [Bernard] Frenicle to Kenelm Digby

Reference number: EL/F1/1

Date: 01 August 1661

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Discussing Zulichen's system of Saturn; observations of the motion of the rings of Saturn
Read to the Royal Society on 4 September 1661

Reference number
EL/F1/1
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01 August 1661
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
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Bernard Frénicle de Bessy

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Bernard Frénicle de Bessy, Letter, from [Bernard] Frenicle to Kenelm Digby, 01 August 1661, EL/F1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_1/letter-from-bernard-frenicle-to-kenelm-digby, accessed on 24 January 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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