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Letter, from Francis Line to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/L5/85

Date: 06 October 1674

Description

Animadversions on Isaac Newton's new theory of light and colour
EL/L5/86 for Oldenburg's reply
Line (1595-1675), a Jesuit, and a Professor of Mathematics and Hebrew at the English Jesuit College at Liege

Reference number
EL/L5/85
Earliest possible date
06 October 1674
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Francis Line

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Francis Line, Letter, from Francis Line to Henry Oldenburg, 06 October 1674, EL/L5/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_85/letter-from-francis-line-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 26 January 2025

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