Letter, from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray, dated at the Hague
Reference number: EL/H1/6
Date: 30 December 1661
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Considering the hypotheses of Christopher Wren and of Frenicle about the ring system of Saturn; the universal measure; concerning the movement of the pendulum and its length for half a second; discussing an article about Robert Boyle's machine
- Reference number
- EL/H1/6
- Earliest possible date
- 30 December 1661
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- 5 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, 30 December 1661, EL/H1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_6/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-robert-moray-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 06 October 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Robert Moray
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Christiaan Huygens
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