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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Draft letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius

Reference number: EL/W2/15a

Date: 29 December 1673

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Concerns Wallis's method for rotating a solid; concerning the 'Magdeburg experiments' which were published in 'Philosophical Transactions'

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EL/W2/15a
Earliest possible date
29 December 1673
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Draft letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, 29 December 1673, EL/W2/15a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_15a/draft-letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius, accessed on 15 March 2026

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