Letter, from Robert Hooke to Henry Jacobs at Lisbon, dated at Gresham College
Reference number: EL/H3/58
Date: 02 December 1679
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Outlines areas for further correspondence: determining longitude by keeping a record of the eclipses of the sun or moon; would like observations of the quicksilver weather glass in order to study changes in the weather in Lisbon; would like a map or description of Portugal
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- EL/H3/58
- Earliest possible date
- 02 December 1679
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript and typescript documents
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Robert Hooke, Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to Henry Jacobs at Lisbon, dated at Gresham College, 02 December 1679, EL/H3/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_58/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-henry-jacobs-at-lisbon-dated-at-gresham-college, accessed on 14 June 2025
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