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

Reference number: EL/O2/81

Date: 01 April 1672

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Concerning Huygens' views on the Alhazen problem; concerning Newton's theory of light and colour - wishes for Slusius' views on this and on John Wallis's double method of tangents

Reference number: EL/O2/81
Earliest possible date: 01 April 1672
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London, 01 April 1672, EL/O2/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_81/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 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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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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Henry Oldenburg
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