Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Paul Rycaut
Reference number: EL/O1/56
Date: 30 January 1668
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Refers Rycaut to an article in 'Philosophical Transactions' with instructions about how the lunar eclipse should be observed; details proposals for a new building for the Royal Society and that benefactors will have their names listed in a book
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- EL/O1/56
- Earliest possible date
- 30 January 1668
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Paul Rycaut, 30 January 1668, EL/O1/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_56/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-paul-rycaut, accessed on 22 January 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Paul Rycaut
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Henry Oldenburg
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