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

Reference number: EL/P1/81

Date: 09 July 1672

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Concerning delivery of books and journals; concerning Newton's experiment to show colour and light; that Abbe Picard had brought the manuscripts of Tycho from Denmark so that errors in 'Historia Coelestis' by Curtz could be corrected

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EL/P1/81
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09 July 1672
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3 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, 09 July 1672, EL/P1/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_81/letter-from-ignatius-pardies-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 17 December 2025

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