Letter, from Pierre Daniel Huet to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/H1/97
Date: 22 February 1670
Description
Outlining Haunton's method for making sea water drinkable; has further questions about inventions and treatises mentioned in the 'History' of the Society
Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1670
- Reference number
- EL/H1/97
- Earliest possible date
- 22 February 1670
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Pierre Daniel Huet, Letter, from Pierre Daniel Huet to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 22 February 1670, EL/H1/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_97/letter-from-pierre-daniel-huet-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 08 March 2026
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