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Extract of a letter, from Robert Moray to [Christiaan] Huygens

Reference number: EL/M1/4

Date: 22 July 1665

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Concerning a lecture by Robert Hooke about mechanics and horology

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EL/M1/4
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22 July 1665
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1 page
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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Extract of a letter, from Robert Moray to [Christiaan] Huygens, 22 July 1665, EL/M1/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_4/extract-of-a-letter-from-robert-moray-to-christiaan-huygens, accessed on 12 December 2024

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