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

Reference number: EL/H1/81

Date: 30 January 1675

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Concerning Dr Coxe's views on chemistry printed in 'Philosophical Transactions'; looking forward to reading Boyle's new treatise on the hidden qualities of air; wishing to see Hooke's construction of his 'quart de cercle' (quadrant); wanting to know opinions about Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations; states that he has invented a new clock and sends an anagram about this
Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1675

Reference number
EL/H1/81
Earliest possible date
30 January 1675
Page extent
3 pages
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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, 30 January 1675, EL/H1/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_81/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 19 May 2025

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