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Letter, from Robert Hooke to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Reference number: EL/H3/64

Date: 15 May 1681

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Concerning a language with universal characters for use in science

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EL/H3/64
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15 May 1681
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 15 May 1681, EL/H3/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_64/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz, accessed on 11 October 2024

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