#otd 1661 Henry Oldenburg in The Hague, sees Christiaan Huygens. If the evening is clear they will use the telescope. Meanwhile, there is the division of the monochord and Kenelm Digby’s troublesome ‘history of the crayfish’ to discuss. Just another day of
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ALT Philips Angel, Still Life with Crayfish, c1640–80, Bredius Museum