Extract of a letter, from Henry Powell to his father [William Daniel Powell]
Reference number: EL/P1/48
Date: 01 January 1667
Description
Letter originally dated 6 January 1665 - concerning a new star and about an earthquakes at Ballasore [sic. Balasore, Baleswar], India.
Robert Hooke brought these extracts to the Royal Society which were read on 6 February 1668
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- EL/P1/48
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1667
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Henry Power, Henry Powell, Extract of a letter, from Henry Powell to his father [William Daniel Powell], 01 January 1667, EL/P1/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_48/extract-of-a-letter-from-henry-powell-to-his-father-william-daniel-powell, accessed on 07 November 2025
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