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.
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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