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Letter, from Christopher Wren to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/W3/8

Date: 03 November 1668

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States that he has looked over the papers of the experiments that concerned the laws of motion and wishes to have more time to examine them
Read to the Royal Society on 5 November 1668

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EL/W3/8
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03 November 1668
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Christopher Wren

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Sir; Christopher Wren

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Christopher Wren, Sir; Christopher Wren, Letter, from Christopher Wren to Henry Oldenburg, 03 November 1668, EL/W3/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_8/letter-from-christopher-wren-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 12 June 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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