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Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/M1/24

Date: 08 January 1666

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Concerning delivery of copies of 'Philosophical transactions' and 'Journal des Scavans' and about printing 'Philosophical transactions'; concerning de Son's watch with spring and balance and Hooke's work on the same; discussing work on extracting lead and about length of telescopes

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EL/M1/24
Earliest possible date
08 January 1666
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3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, 08 January 1666, EL/M1/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_24/letter-from-robert-moray-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 04 December 2023

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