Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/22
Date: 31 January 1670
Description
Concerning Isaac Barrow's work on optics; asks for comments on Wallis's work 'De Motu' and the sheet refuting Hobbes's quadrature; congratulates Huygens on the success of his pendulum clock on voyage to Crete; concerning Boyle's experiments with sealed tubes
- Reference number
- EL/O2/22
- Earliest possible date
- 31 January 1670
- Page extent
- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London, 31 January 1670, EL/O2/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_22/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-christian-huygens-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 June 2025
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Christiaan Huygens
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Henry Oldenburg
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