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Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W1/106

Date: 29 March 1670

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Concerning Ricciolo's argument against the motion of the earth taken from the accelerated motion of descending bodies mentioned in Slusius's letter dated 10 March 1670
Sent with EL/W1/107

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EL/W1/106
Earliest possible date
29 March 1670
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at Oxford, 29 March 1670, EL/W1/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_106/letter-from-john-wallis-to-renatus-franciscus-slusius-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 23 March 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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