Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/S1/78

Date: 05 August 1673

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Thanks for the recent letter; that Huygens had sent his book about pendulums; mentions that he had met Stephen Bate, Wallis, Daston and Browne recently

Reference number: EL/S1/78
Earliest possible date: 05 August 1673
Page extent: 2 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, 05 August 1673, EL/S1/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_78/letter-from-renatus-slusius-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 10 November 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters S1
1663-1687 Reference number: EL/S1

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Henry Oldenburg
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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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