Letter, from William Molyneux to Hans Sloane, dated at Dublin
Reference number: EL/M1/99
Date: 04 November 1697
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That a paper on the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was being delivered by the first ship that goes from Dublin to England; that Molyneux had brought two of the 'hexagonal joynts' to Dublin; that Sloane might receive dimensions about the Causeway earlier; wishes for Monsieur Hautefeville's discourse on shortening telescopes with Hooke's thoughts about it
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1697
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- EL/M1/99
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- 04 November 1697
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- 3 pages
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William Molyneux, Letter, from William Molyneux to Hans Sloane, dated at Dublin, 04 November 1697, EL/M1/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_99/letter-from-william-molyneux-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 03 October 2024
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Hans Sloane
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William Molyneux
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