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Copy of a letter, from Pierre Petit to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/P1/5

Date: 01 January 1667

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Original letter dated 5 April 1667

Concerning theories on the subject of the variation of magnetic declination (see EL/P1/6); concerning Petit's paper on the latitude at Paris and magnet declination printed in 1660; can send a paper on the properties of lodestones

Read at the Royal Society on 30 May 1667

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EL/P1/5
Earliest possible date
01 January 1667
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Pierre Petit

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Pierre Petit, Copy of a letter, from Pierre Petit to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1667, EL/P1/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_5/copy-of-a-letter-from-pierre-petit-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

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