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Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/S1/70

Date: 10 June 1672

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Further considerations of the problem of Alhazen highlighting an error

Reference number
EL/S1/70
Earliest possible date
10 June 1672
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Renatus Franciscus Slusius

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Rene Francois de Sluse

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Renatus Franciscus Slusius, Rene Francois de Sluse, Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, 10 June 1672, EL/S1/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_70/letter-from-renatus-slusius-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 25 June 2025

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