Letter, from Edmond Halley to Robert Hooke, dated at Saumeur
Reference number: EL/H3/40
Date: 29 May 1681
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Account of several books published by the Royal Academy of Paris; concerning Cassini's observations of the comet; states that he has the map of the moon for Flamsteed; making demographic observations of Paris and London
Read to the Royal Society on 1 June 1681
- Reference number
- EL/H3/40
- Earliest possible date
- 29 May 1681
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edmond Halley, Letter, from Edmond Halley to Robert Hooke, dated at Saumeur, 29 May 1681, EL/H3/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_40/letter-from-edmond-halley-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-saumeur, accessed on 19 May 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Hooke
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Edmond Halley
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