Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/H1/71
Date: 13 February 1672
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Discusses Newton's reflecting telescope, and parabolical and spherical specula in general; wishes to see Morland's trumpet after reading an account about it; states that his new clock was not ready for trials
- Reference number
- EL/H1/71
- Earliest possible date
- 13 February 1672
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 13 February 1672, EL/H1/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_71/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 10 November 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Christiaan Huygens
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