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Letter, from Ignatius Pardies to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/P1/74

Date: 01 January 1672

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That delivery of and money for books will be sent through Henry Justel; concerning sound and pitch in a vacuum and work by Boyle and Kircher on this; concerning Hooke's experiments on refractions of different fluids; concerning principles of metaphysics; account of proposed book on 'mechanics'

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EL/P1/74
Earliest possible date
01 January 1672
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Ignace-Gaston Pardies

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Ignace-Gaston Pardies, Letter, from Ignatius Pardies to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 01 January 1672, EL/P1/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_74/letter-from-ignatius-pardies-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 26 January 2025

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