Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/W1/85
Date: 15 April 1669
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States that he has not seen Childrey's 'Britannia Baconica' but to pass on his theory that tides will be high at the moon's apogee and perigee (moon's orbit is furthest from the earth or nearest the earth); concerning the appointment of an 'anatomical operator'
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- EL/W1/85
- Earliest possible date
- 15 April 1669
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford, 15 April 1669, EL/W1/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_85/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 06 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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John Wallis
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