Copy of a letter, from Richard Towneley to John Flamsteed
Reference number: EL/T/29
Date: 01 January 1675
Description
Original dated 24 November 1675
Concerning experiments with a level filled with spirit of wine; concerning trials to determine the inequality of days; concerning pendulums, stating that Tompion's old pendulums were no longer good; concerning the mercurial experiments; how to adjust small pocket watches
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- EL/T/29
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1675
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Richard Towneley
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Richard Towneley, Copy of a letter, from Richard Towneley to John Flamsteed, 01 January 1675, EL/T/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_29/copy-of-a-letter-from-richard-towneley-to-john-flamsteed, accessed on 10 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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John Flamsteed
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