Letter, from Melchisedec Thevenot to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/T/44
Date: 07 November 1671
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Concerning Thevenot's translation of Abulfeda - that he was going to insert thoughts about the art of navigation and a new observation on the measurement of the Earth; desire to establish a common measure
- Reference number
- EL/T/44
- Earliest possible date
- 07 November 1671
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Melchisédech Thévenot
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Melchisédech Thévenot, Letter, from Melchisedec Thevenot to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 07 November 1671, EL/T/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_44/letter-from-melchisedec-thevenot-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 23 January 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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