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'A Description Of a New kind of Candlestick' by Christian Huygens

Reference number: RBO/2i/69

Date: 2 September 1663

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Presented to the Society in French and English
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RBO/2i/69
Earliest possible date
2 September 1663
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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'A Description Of a New kind of Candlestick' by Christian Huygens, 2 September 1663, RBO/2i/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_69/a-description-of-a-new-kind-of-candlestick-by-christian-huygens, accessed on 21 March 2025

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