Letter, from John Locke to Robert Hooke, dated at Montpellier
Reference number: EL/L5/91
Date: 29 October 1678
Description
Sends observations of the eclipse of the moon made by an unnamed friend, which are in French. Locke states that he arrived when the moon was totally eclipsed
Read to the Royal Society on 12 December 1678
- Reference number
- EL/L5/91
- Earliest possible date
- 29 October 1678
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Locke, John Locke, Letter, from John Locke to Robert Hooke, dated at Montpellier, 29 October 1678, EL/L5/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_91/letter-from-john-locke-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-montpellier, accessed on 20 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Hooke
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John Locke
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