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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Samuel Sturmy

Reference number: EL/O1/80

Date: 20 October 1668

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States that he has received his account about tides - discusses his observations of diurnal tides; wishes for clarification about the degrees and velocity of the rising and falling waters

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EL/O1/80
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20 October 1668
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Samuel Sturmy, 20 October 1668, EL/O1/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_80/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-samuel-sturmy, accessed on 13 October 2024

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