Letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, dated at the Hague
Reference number: EL/H1/17
Date: 20 December 1662
Description
Sends two of his clocks for longitude for consideration by the Royal Society, and sends other books
- Reference number
- EL/H1/17
- Earliest possible date
- 20 December 1662
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, dated at the Hague, 20 December 1662, EL/H1/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_17/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 09 March 2026
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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 -
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Robert Moray
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Christiaan Huygens
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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