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Copy of a portion of 9597/13/1/117 concerning telescopic sights for use with sextants, copied and annotated by Oldenburg, c 1671 (undated)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/116

Scope and Contents

From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1671 (undated)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1

Extent

1 folio(s) (f.1 [folio] paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Add.9597/13/5/116,r.tif

Bibliography

Variant (draft?) of part of Rigaud, vol.I, pp.179-182, no.69.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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