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Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W2/60

Date: 05 March 1696

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Concerns publishing Newton's work on light and colour; mentions the case of the horse that staked itself and suggests that it could be published in the 'Philosophical Transactions'

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EL/W2/60
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05 March 1696
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford, 05 March 1696, EL/W2/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_60/letter-from-john-wallis-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 17 April 2026

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