Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/M1/17
Date: 29 October 1665
Description
Referring to de Son's parabolic lenses; wishing for a reduction in the numbers who are ill with plague; that Hevelius's 'Prodromus' had not been delivered yet; that Brouncker could not comment on the dispute between Auzout and Hooke without seeing their letters
Moray adds a note, dated 30 October, stating that he has read a proof of Wallis's work and about printing other copies
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- EL/M1/17
- Earliest possible date
- 29 October 1665
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Moray, Sir; Robert Moray, Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, 29 October 1665, EL/M1/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_17/letter-from-robert-moray-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 07 November 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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Robert Moray
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