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Letter, from Constantin Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at the Hague

Reference number: EL/H3/29

Date: 29 May 1675

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Concerning the Hooke controversy and his son's invention of a circular pendulum

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EL/H3/29
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29 May 1675
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Constantijn Huygens

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Constantijn Huygens, Letter, from Constantin Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at the Hague, 29 May 1675, EL/H3/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_29/letter-from-constantin-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 21 March 2025

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