Diagram relating to tides
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                                7 May 1666
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Unknown, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                vol1 p364
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (page): 298mm
width (page): 180mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 180mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Diagrams for John Wallis's argument that the tides are caused by the Earth's motion, in his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 7 May 1666. 
These diagrams are copied from LBO/1/308.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            These diagrams are copied from LBO/1/308.
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                John Wallis (1650, British) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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