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Letter, from Christopher Wren to Robert Moray

Reference number: EL/W3/5

Date: 11 April 1665

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Concerning observations of the comet, and wishes for Hooke's observations of the previous comet to be sent to him

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EL/W3/5
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11 April 1665
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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 Robert Moray, 11 April 1665, EL/W3/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_5/letter-from-christopher-wren-to-robert-moray, accessed on 12 September 2024

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