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Copy of a letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray

Reference number: EL/H1/41

Date: 01 January 1664

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Concerning Hooke's and Campani's methods for grinding lenses; discussing the universal measure, pendulum clocks (figure in text); Hooke's instrument for measuring the refractions of liquids and another instrument for measuring the descent of heavy bodies

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EL/H1/41
Earliest possible date
01 January 1664
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Christiaan Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Copy of a letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, 01 January 1664, EL/H1/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_41/copy-of-a-letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray, accessed on 15 April 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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