Letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, dated at the Hague
Reference number: EL/H1/49
Date: 10 April 1665
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Concerning observations of clocks at sea; discussing the work of Hooke and of Boyle relating to the formation of colours; observations of a new comet
- Reference number
- EL/H1/49
- Earliest possible date
- 10 April 1665
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- 3 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, 10 April 1665, EL/H1/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_49/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 11 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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Robert Moray
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Christiaan Huygens
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