Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/H1/80
Date: 15 May 1674
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Concerning exchange of information by letters, journals and books; concerning the observations of Hooke and that 'Parallaxes' might answer the annual motion of the earth; further thoughts on Alhazen's problem
- Reference number
- EL/H1/80
- Earliest possible date
- 15 May 1674
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, 15 May 1674, EL/H1/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_80/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 24 June 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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