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

Reference number: EL/V/12

Date: 01 January 1670

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Concerning work on the doctrine of motion (sends a parcel containing 12 propositions and demonstrations) and on parhelia (mock suns); concerning Cassini's work on the ephemerides; mentioning experiments on pendulums; mentioning Picard's work and that Justel was sending a paper about seeds from Quintinies
Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1670

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EL/V/12
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01 January 1670
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8 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, 01 January 1670, EL/V/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_v_12/letter-from-francis-vernon-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 December 2024

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