Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury
Reference number: EL/G1/58
Date: 01 May 1705
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Returns Galileo's work to the Royal Society. Compares Galileo's methods with his own for observing the sun and its solar spots
Read to the Royal Society on 16 May 1705
- Reference number
- EL/G1/58
- Earliest possible date
- 01 May 1705
- Page extent
- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Stephen Gray, Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury, 01 May 1705, EL/G1/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_58/letter-from-stephen-gray-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-canterbury, accessed on 20 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Hans Sloane
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Stephen Gray
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