Letter, from Edmond Halley to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/H3/38
Date: 08 July 1676
Description
Concerning an article for publication in 'Philosophical Transactions'; concerning errors in Seth Ward's geometical theory; asking if a catalogue of the southern stars has been completed, if not, he suggests going to St Helena himself to carry it out; gives some astronomical observations
Letter is incomplete - see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg' by Hall and Hall for full transcription
- Reference number
- EL/H3/38
- Earliest possible date
- 08 July 1676
- Physical description
- Attached to the back of EL/H3/37
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edmond Halley, Edmond Halley, Letter, from Edmond Halley to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 08 July 1676, EL/H3/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_38/letter-from-edmond-halley-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 19 May 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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Edmond Halley
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