Letter, from Richard Towneley to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Towneley
Reference number: EL/T/27
Date: 24 April 1673
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Concerning cases of longevity in York; enquiry whether Oldenburg had received Slusius's paper with his method of tangents; that he had sent Slusius details of Newton's theory on light and colour
- Reference number
- EL/T/27
- Earliest possible date
- 24 April 1673
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Richard Towneley, Letter, from Richard Towneley to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Towneley, 24 April 1673, EL/T/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_27/letter-from-richard-towneley-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-towneley, accessed on 16 November 2025
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