Copy of a letter, from Christian Huygens [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/H1/21
Date: 02 September 1663
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Concerning his design of a candlestick (figures in margin)
- Reference number
- EL/H1/21
- Earliest possible date
- 02 September 1663
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Copy of a letter, from Christian Huygens [to the Royal Society], 02 September 1663, EL/H1/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_21/copy-of-a-letter-from-christian-huygens-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 09 February 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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