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Letter, from Pierre Petit to the Royal Society, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/P1/8

Date: 27 May 1667

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Praising the Society; that a paper on magnetic declination had been sent to Oldenburg (EL/P1/5 and EL/P1/6)
Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1667

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EL/P1/8
Earliest possible date
27 May 1667
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2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Pierre Petit

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Pierre Petit, Letter, from Pierre Petit to the Royal Society, dated at Paris, 27 May 1667, EL/P1/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_8/letter-from-pierre-petit-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-paris, accessed on 09 October 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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