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Letter, from Edmond Halley to William Molyneux

Reference number: EL/H3/41

Date: 27 March 1686

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Wishing correspondence to continue between the Royal Society and the Dublin Philosophical Society; details about the resignation of Aston and Robinson; concerning Hooke's barometer; concerning the controversy between Hevelius and Hooke with details about his observations of the stars in the southern hemisphere

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EL/H3/41
Earliest possible date
27 March 1686
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Letter, from Edmond Halley to William Molyneux, 27 March 1686, EL/H3/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_41/letter-from-edmond-halley-to-william-molyneux, accessed on 13 October 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

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