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                                Date
                            
                            
                                24 February 1662
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Manuscript page number
                            
                            
                                p1
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Material
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (page): 210mm
width (page): 150mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 150mm
                                Subject
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Description
                            
                            
                                A figure in a letter from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray dated 24 February 1662. A clock-maker in Leiden showed Huygens the precise shape of the two curved plates that regulate the swing of the pendulum.
Copies at LBO/1/063 and LBC/1/075.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Copies at LBO/1/063 and LBC/1/075.
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
                                Associated place