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Extract of a letter, from Henry Powell to his father [William Daniel Powell]

Reference number: EL/P1/48

Date: 01 January 1667

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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

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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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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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