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

Reference number: EL/V/20

Date: 09 January 1672

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Concerning Picard's book on measurement of the earth (continued in EL/V/19)
Read to the Roayl Society on 11 June 1672

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EL/V/20
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09 January 1672
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Vernon

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Francis Vernon, Francis Vernon, Letter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 09 January 1672, EL/V/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_v_20/letter-from-francis-vernon-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 12 June 2025

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