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

Reference number: EL/H1/83

Date: 08 June 1675

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Discussing the production of his new watch; discussing the work ethics of Hooke; concerning Boyle's new book about bodies in air

Reference number: EL/H1/83
Earliest possible date: 08 June 1675
Page extent: 3 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, 08 June 1675, EL/H1/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_83/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
Early Letters H1
1661-1676 Reference number: EL/H1

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Henry Oldenburg
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Christiaan Huygens
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