Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/H1/82
Date: 20 February 1675
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Discussing his new clock with a spring coil, which he states would make accurate pocket watches, or on a larger scale, would be suitable for discovering longitude
Read to the Royal Society on 18 February 1675
- Reference number
- EL/H1/82
- Earliest possible date
- 20 February 1675
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christiaan Huygens, Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 20 February 1675, EL/H1/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_82/letter-from-christian-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 10 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 -
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Henry Oldenburg
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Christiaan Huygens
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