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18 letters from Martin Fogel; 0 letters from Henry Oldenburg

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Thanks Oldenburg for agreeing to correspond with him, gives an account of Jungius's manuscripts and other literary notices Martin Fogel was from Hamburg

Reference number: EL/F1/23
1669

Encloses a summary of 'Apollonius Saxonicus' (see EL/F1/26) and lists the headings of the arguments of motion used in the facsimile of Jungius's 'Phoramomicorum', which he would like to get published Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1669

Reference number: EL/F1/24

States that he sends some transcripts from Jungius's 'Phoranomica', gives an account of making Hamburg beer, gives a plan of his botanical works

Reference number: EL/F1/26
1670

Discussing ways that 'Phoranomica' could be printed; discussing Morison's classification of plants; lists questions about Spanish arrow-poison (white Hellebore)

Reference number: EL/F1/27

Lists the items in the package that he has sent: specimen of Jungius's 'Phoranomica', his method of brewing, and several medical books

Reference number: EL/F1/28

Reiterates enquiries about Spanish poison; concerning literary notices

Reference number: EL/F1/29
1671

Notification of the death of Morhof; concerning literary notices

Reference number: EL/F1/30

Concerning the Latin translation of 'Philosophical Transactions' and other literary notices; does not want his brewing methods publicised without prior notice

Reference number: EL/F1/31

Concerning literary notices; commending Johannes Gezelius, son of bishop of Abo, who is knowledgeable about Swedish mines; sends one sheet from Christian Ravius's 'Chronologia' and is now preparing the remainder

Reference number: EL/F1/32

States that Picard has been sent to Denmark by the French king to observe the lunar eclipse, which is expected to occur in September from the island of Hven (Uraniburg), and the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, predicted by Cassini; lists these predictions; relaying Picard's observations of the solar spot Predictions for Jupiter printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 74, p 2238 in advertisement section. Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671

Reference number: EL/F1/33

Attaches the observations, and figures, of the solar sunspot by Henry Sivers witnessed at Hamburg in August 1671; discusses Hevelius's account of the transit of the moon by Jupiter (see EL/H2/27); list of general enquiries; corrections to be made to his published letter in 'Philosophical Transactions' Second figure of Sivers's observations was printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 78, p 3033 Read to the Royal Society on 9 November 1671

Reference number: EL/F1/34
1672

Concerning literary notices; wishes to compile a history of the forest at Hartz; concerning the works of the mathematician Johann Adolf Tasse

Reference number: EL/F1/35

Concerning the division of plants into 30 principal classes; conveying other literary notices

Reference number: EL/F1/36

Concerning literary notices; concerning his commentary on the Turkish 'maslac'; enquiry about the morphology of fisherman's berry or 'coccole de Levante'

Reference number: EL/F1/37
1673

Concerning literary notices and encloses a letter for Edward Pocock (see EL/F1/40)

Reference number: EL/F1/39

Concerning his enquiry about cannabis and cardamom; discussing his dissertation on Turkish nepenthe; wants to know which is the best English dictionary Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number: EL/F1/41

States that letters from Pocock and Hyde were useful and thanks Oldenburg for being an intermediary in this matter; enquiry about fishing poison which is mentioned in Boyle's work 'The usefulness of physic'

Reference number: EL/F1/42
1674

Stating that he is amending his 'Commentary' about narcotics known to orientals, information about which was sent to him by Georg Welsch (1624-1677); discussing Boyle's books on effluvia; concerning an experiment with 'styptic water'

Reference number: EL/F1/43