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Letter, from Monsieur Joly [to the Royal Society], dated at Dyon [Djon]

Reference number: EL/I1/176

Date: 28 September 1675

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States that he can offer a paper on the nature of motion if the Society would like it
Read to the Royal Society on 14 November 1675

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EL/I1/176
Earliest possible date
28 September 1675
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Letter, from Monsieur Joly [to the Royal Society], dated at Dyon [Djon], 28 September 1675, EL/I1/176, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_176/letter-from-monsieur-joly-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-dyon-djon, accessed on 12 May 2025

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