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Letter, from Robert Hooke to Monsieur Mallement, dated at Gresham College

Reference number: EL/H3/60

Date: 08 December 1679

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Concerns determining the distance of the planets

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EL/H3/60
Earliest possible date
08 December 1679
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to Monsieur Mallement, dated at Gresham College, 08 December 1679, EL/H3/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_60/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-monsieur-mallement-dated-at-gresham-college, accessed on 09 February 2026

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