Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/W1/7
Date: 07 May 1664
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Concerns music theory suggesting that the sounds we sing are different to musical scales; concerning the translation and publishing of Uleg Beg's catalogue of stars
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1664
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- EL/W1/7
- Earliest possible date
- 07 May 1664
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Wallis, John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, 07 May 1664, EL/W1/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_7/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 09 July 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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John Wallis
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