Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/M1/11
Date: 28 September 1665
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Concerning correspondence with Huygens; concerning delivery of Hevelius's 'Prodromus'; concerning Hooke's observations of the comets and Auzout's theory about the motion of the comet; concerning commerce with S Burrhi; answers queries from Amsterdam; concerning political events in Europe; that Robert Boyle's experiments with colour were carried out at the Society
Note from Oldenburg at the foot of letter about making a quorum of the Society
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- EL/M1/11
- Earliest possible date
- 28 September 1665
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Moray, Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 28 September 1665, EL/M1/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_11/letter-from-robert-moray-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 14 May 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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