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Letter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/V/11

Date: 29 January 1670

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Concerning Picard's work on a measure of the earth; requesting Hooke's findings on this to be forwarded to him

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EL/V/11
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29 January 1670
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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Francis Vernon

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Francis Vernon, Letter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 29 January 1670, EL/V/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_v_11/letter-from-francis-vernon-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 December 2024

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