Copy of a letter from John Wallis to Edmond Halley concerning the resistance of the air to projectiles dated 4 March 1687 at Oxford
Reference number: RBO/7/34
Date: 9 March 1687
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Figure 1, in ink, page 49
Figure 2, in ink, page 49
- Reference number
- RBO/7/34
- Earliest possible date
- 9 March 1687
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Copy of a letter from John Wallis to Edmond Halley concerning the resistance of the air to projectiles dated 4 March 1687 at Oxford, 9 March 1687, RBO/7/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_34/copy-of-a-letter-from-john-wallis-to-edmond-halley-concerning-the-resistance-of-the-air-to-projectiles-dated-4-march-1687-at-oxford, accessed on 07 June 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 7, copies of papers communicated 1687-1698
1687-1698 Reference number: RBO/7
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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