Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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

Reference number: EL/H1/66

Date: 04 September 1669

Description

Reiterates his enquiry about Hooke's idea for applying a lodestone to a spring clock because he feels that his previous letter has been mislaid; encloses anagrams of his work which he wants deposited with the Society (see CLP/3i/56); states that the trials for determining longitude with his marine clocks have been successful
Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1669

Reference number
EL/H1/66
Earliest possible date
04 September 1669
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript
Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
View Also available on Early Modern Letters Online (external link, opens in new tab)

Creator names

Christiaan Huygens

View page for Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens

View page for Christiaan Huygens

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 04 September 1669, EL/H1/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_66/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 08 August 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_66/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_h1_66/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris" title="Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

    View collection