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

Reference number: EL/H1/78

Date: 04 June 1673

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Concerning the demonstration of the isochronism of the cycloid; concerning Hooke's circular pendulum; enquiry about Slusius's method of tangents; raising doubts about Pardies' treatise on mechanics

Reference number: EL/H1/78
Earliest possible date: 04 June 1673
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 04 June 1673, EL/H1/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_78/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 December 2024

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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
Early Letters H1
1661-1676 Reference number: EL/H1

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Henry Oldenburg
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