Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/W2/38
Date: 08 May 1677
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Further details about the meteor seen in January 1677 (EL/W2/35) and about a comet seen in April of the same year
Read to the Royal Society on 17 May 1677
- Reference number
- EL/W2/38
- Earliest possible date
- 08 May 1677
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 08 May 1677, EL/W2/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_38/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 10 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Henry Oldenburg
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John Wallis
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