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Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/M1/20

Date: 16 November 1665

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Concerning the astronomical observations of Mr Balle particularly about the satellites of Jupiter; concerning observations of the comet by Hevelius, Auzout and Hooke; concerning Kercher's 'heteroclite tubes'; concerning 'mercurialis liquor'

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EL/M1/20
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16 November 1665
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 16 November 1665, EL/M1/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_20/letter-from-robert-moray-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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