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Letter, from Christopher Wren to John Wilkins, dated at Wadham College

Reference number: EL/W3/4

Date: 26 November 1663

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Account of the design of Wren's weather clock; states that two wings of it might be attached to a pendulum clock
Read at the Royal Society on 9 December 1663

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EL/W3/4
Earliest possible date
26 November 1663
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Christopher Wren

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Christopher Wren, Letter, from Christopher Wren to John Wilkins, dated at Wadham College, 26 November 1663, EL/W3/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_4/letter-from-christopher-wren-to-john-wilkins-dated-at-wadham-college, accessed on 13 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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