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Letter, from Henry Jacob to Robert Hooke, dated at Lisbon

Reference number: EL/I1/153

Date: 27 December 1680

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Discussing Bond's theory of the inclinatory needle; concerns making a new map of Portugal; encloses a paper with observations of five lunar eclipses

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EL/I1/153
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27 December 1680
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Henry Jacobs

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Henry Jacobs, Letter, from Henry Jacob to Robert Hooke, dated at Lisbon, 27 December 1680, EL/I1/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_153/letter-from-henry-jacob-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-lisbon, accessed on 09 February 2025

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