Letter, from Robert Hooke to Henry Jacobs, dated at London

Reference number: EL/H3/66

Date: 10 October 1681

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Hooke has collated observations of the eclipse (unclear whether it is of the sun or moon) by Flamsteed at Derby, by Bullialdus and Cassini at Paris, by Hevelius at Gdansk; asks for compass readings ('variation of the magnetic needle') at Lisbon; developments with determining longitude

Reference number: EL/H3/66
Earliest possible date: 10 October 1681
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to Henry Jacobs, dated at London, 10 October 1681, EL/H3/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_66/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-henry-jacobs-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 December 2024

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters H3
1670-1728 Reference number: EL/H3

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