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Letter, from Robert Moray to Christian Huygens, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/M1/12

Date: 30 September 1665

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Concerning a new invention of a pendulum watch, mentioned by Hooke; concerning developments with telescopes; observations of the satellites of Jupiter

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EL/M1/12
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30 September 1665
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Letter, from Robert Moray to Christian Huygens, dated at Oxford, 30 September 1665, EL/M1/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_12/letter-from-robert-moray-to-christian-huygens-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 10 December 2024

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