Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Isaac Newton

Reference number: EL/O2/64

Date: 02 January 1672

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That his telescope has been well-received at the Society and that Oldenburg is going to send an account of it with a figure to Huygens; that some issues had been raised by the Fellows concerning the telescope's optical properties

Reference number: EL/O2/64
Earliest possible date: 02 January 1672
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Isaac Newton, 02 January 1672, EL/O2/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_64/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-isaac-newton, accessed on 23 January 2026

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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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Isaac Newton
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Henry Oldenburg
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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