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

Reference number: EL/W2/4

Date: 26 December 1672

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Concerning delivery of post; concerning Thomas Hobbes - not knowing what he has learned from him

On reverse is a copy of Oldenburg's letter to Hobbes dated 30 December 1672 concerning the controversy between Wallis and Hobbes stating that the Royal Society was not going to get involved

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EL/W2/4
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26 December 1672
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 26 December 1672, EL/W2/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_4/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 08 July 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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