Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/I1/75

Date: 06 March 1675

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Details of the watch which Huygens believes he invented, although this is contested by a clockmaker (mentioned in EL/I1/72); stating that a Jesuit is about to write an account of his observations of Cayenne; questioning the hardness of steel south of the equator; enquiry about whether Japanese narcissus flowers annually in England; concerning political events in Europe; states that he presenting some manuscripts to Oxford university; discussing the work of antiquarians

Reference number: EL/I1/75
Earliest possible date: 06 March 1675
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg, 06 March 1675, EL/I1/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_75/letter-from-henry-justel-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 22 January 2025

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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 I /J1
1656-1731 Reference number: EL/I1

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Dates: 1613-1740

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