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Letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, dated at the Hague

Reference number: EL/H1/18

Date: 02 February 1663

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Concerns sending clocks for use at sea; concerning a new instrument by Petty; gives an account of his instrument ('rarifying engine' - figure in text); carries out an experiment by Linus and gives his observations

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EL/H1/18
Earliest possible date
02 February 1663
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Christiaan Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, dated at the Hague, 02 February 1663, EL/H1/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_18/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 11 September 2024

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