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

Reference number: EL/H3/34

Date: 31 January 1676

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Wishes for back-copies of 'Philosophical Transactions' and for other books; stating that his son had been taken ill
Note reads: 'Not to be enter'd [in the Letter Book]'

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EL/H3/34
Earliest possible date
31 January 1676
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Constantijn Huygens

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Constantijn Huygens, Letter, from Constantin Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at the Hague, 31 January 1676, EL/H3/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_34/letter-from-constantin-huygens-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 05 October 2024

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