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Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley

Reference number: EL/I1/110

Date: 01 January 1687

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That books by the Jesuit, Father Couplet, have been printed in Paris ('The Morales of Confucius' with the genealogy of the kings of China); concerning Ciampini's research about mosaics in churches; concerning a paper on microscopes and machines with long lenses
Read to the Royal Society on 2 February 1687

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EL/I1/110
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01 January 1687
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Justel

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Henry Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley, 01 January 1687, EL/I1/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_110/letter-from-henry-justel-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 03 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

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