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Letter, from Christopher Wren to Robert Hooke

Reference number: EL/W3/6

Date: 20 April 1665

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Concerning delivery of a globe and papers; concerning observations of the comet

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EL/W3/6
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20 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 Hooke, 20 April 1665, EL/W3/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_6/letter-from-christopher-wren-to-robert-hooke, accessed on 17 May 2025

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