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Letter, from Edmond Halley to William Molyneux, dated at London

Reference number: EL/H3/43

Date: 27 May 1686

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Thanks for sending the figure of the girl with a deformity
Concerning inventions by Hooke: the level; his pendulum clock; his telescope
Concerning treatment of Hevelius's observations
Concerning Henry Justel's account of the furnace

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EL/H3/43
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27 May 1686
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2 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, dated at London, 27 May 1686, EL/H3/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_43/letter-from-edmond-halley-to-william-molyneux-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 October 2024

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