Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to [Christiaan] Huygens, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O1/99

Date: 23 January 1669

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Concerning his observations of the solar eclipse; concerning the publication of the position of fixed stars from a Greek manuscript copy of the 'Almagest'; states that he will send Wallis's paper on tides; that his telescope is nearly ready; concerning errors in 'Specimen recognitionis' published by Erasmus Bartholin at Copenhagen; concerning an instrument for measuring small distances which can be attached to a telescope; concerning distribution of his 'Cometographia' and 'Selenographia'

Reference number: EL/O1/99
Earliest possible date: 23 January 1669
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to [Christiaan] Huygens, dated at London, 23 January 1669, EL/O1/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_99/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-christiaan-huygens-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 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
Early Letters O1 (Oldenburg)
1663-1669 Reference number: EL/O1

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Christiaan Huygens
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