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

Reference number: EL/H1/3

Date: 01 August 1661

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Stating that his recent studies concern the application of algebra to music in order to aid the division of the monochord
Read to the Royal Society on 1 August 1661

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EL/H1/3
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01 August 1661
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2 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, 01 August 1661, EL/H1/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_3/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 18 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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