Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to [Pierre] Petit, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O1/79
Date: 20 October 1668
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States that he is sending a letter from a man who claims to have calculated the westward variation of the compass for several successive years
- Reference number
- EL/O1/79
- Earliest possible date
- 20 October 1668
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to [Pierre] Petit, dated at London, 20 October 1668, EL/O1/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_79/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-pierre-petit-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 December 2024
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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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Pierre Petit
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Henry Oldenburg
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