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

Reference number: EL/M1/7

Date: 31 August 1665

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Concerning the management of the war, particularly about releasing officers; about the Dutch fleet
Oldenburg has added a piece about how to measure land in roods and perches and about how to measure triangles

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EL/M1/7
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31 August 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 Henry Oldenburg, dated at Salisbury, 31 August 1665, EL/M1/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_7/letter-from-robert-moray-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-salisbury, accessed on 18 March 2025

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