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Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W1/93

Date: 29 July 1669

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States that he has not had time to consider Huygens' optical problem; outlines the errors in William Neile's proposition of motion, namely that he makes equal causes to produce unequal effects

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EL/W1/93
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29 July 1669
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford, 29 July 1669, EL/W1/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_93/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 14 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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