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Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/H1/117

Date: 11 June 1676

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States that he is creating a university course in Paris with Abbe Jean-Nicolas Colbert (1655-1707); concerning Picard's observations concerning light

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EL/H1/117
Earliest possible date
11 June 1676
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean Baptiste Du Hamel

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Jean Baptiste Du Hamel, Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 11 June 1676, EL/H1/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_117/letter-from-jean-baptiste-du-hamel-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 02 December 2024

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