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Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/H1/57

Date: 13 November 1668

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States that his theories on motion are still being worked out, but that he will send what he has to the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 12 November 1668

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EL/H1/57
Earliest possible date
13 November 1668
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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 Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 13 November 1668, EL/H1/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_57/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 12 October 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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