Extract of a letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray
Reference number: EL/H1/56
Date: 01 January 1666
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Concerning his study to improve telescopic lenses; concerning a clock for use at sea
- Reference number
- EL/H1/56
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1666
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Extract of a letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, 01 January 1666, EL/H1/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_56/extract-of-a-letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray, accessed on 18 May 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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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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