Letter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/V/12
Date: 01 January 1670
Description
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
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1670
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- 8 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Henry Oldenburg
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Francis Vernon
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