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

Reference number: EL/V/6

Date: 14 May 1669

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That Vernon had met with Cassini and received some demonstrations and showed Campani's telescope of 24 feet; about the Parisian observatory; concerning the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris with details about Carcavi and Huygens

Reference number: EL/V/6
Earliest possible date: 14 May 1669
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Francis Vernon

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Francis Vernon, Letter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 14 May 1669, EL/V/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_v_6/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
Early Letters V
1664-1737 Reference number: EL/V

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Henry Oldenburg
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Francis Vernon
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