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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/79

Date: 01 January 1672

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Concerning the problem of Alhazen; concerning exchange of books; concerning Newton's telescope and that a craftsman is now making a model of it; discussing Samuel Moreland's trumpet which is six feet long, 21 inches in diameter at one end and two inches at the other; concerning Malpighi's observations of animals from eggs; concerning Isaac Barrow's theory about cyloids (figure in text) hoping that Newton will give an introduction to algebra and general method of the quadrature of curves; concerning Johannes Ott's discovery that long telescopes can be shortened without compromising optical quality

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EL/O2/79
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01 January 1672
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4 pages
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London, 01 January 1672, EL/O2/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_79/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius-dated-at-london, accessed on 19 July 2025

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