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Letter, from Antoine Francois Payen to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/P1/49

Date: 07 December 1666

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That Henry Justel had sent three of Payen's works to the Society; wishes to know the Society's views on the subject of reflections in relation to the late eclipses

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EL/P1/49
Earliest possible date
07 December 1666
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Antoine Francois Payen

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Antoine Francois Payen, Letter, from Antoine Francois Payen to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 07 December 1666, EL/P1/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_49/letter-from-antoine-francois-payen-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 21 January 2025

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