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Letter, from Lantin to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Dijon

Reference number: EL/L5/19

Date: 20 November 1668

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Concerning a work by Lantin which he was presenting to the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1669
Transcription and translation see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 195

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EL/L5/19
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20 November 1668
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, from Lantin to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Dijon, 20 November 1668, EL/L5/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_19/letter-from-lantin-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-dijon, accessed on 12 July 2026

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