Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/22

Date: 31 January 1670

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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
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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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 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 O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Christiaan Huygens
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Henry Oldenburg
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