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Letter, from [Gilles] de Launay to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/L5/17

Date: 10 March 1668

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Glad that his work 'Essais physiques' was received well and that he will be sending further work to the Royal Society for constructive criticism
Transcription and translation see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 217

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EL/L5/17
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10 March 1668
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Gilles de Launay

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Gilles de Launay, Letter, from [Gilles] de Launay to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 10 March 1668, EL/L5/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_17/letter-from-gilles-de-launay-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 July 2026

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