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Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Stanton

Reference number: EL/B1/100

Date: 09 December 1665

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Autograph letter concerns delivering Monsieur Auzout's paper to Robert Moray to show the mathematicians there; concerning Richard Reeves's optical glasses; concerning papers to do with Boyle's 'History of Cold'

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EL/B1/100
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09 December 1665
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Boyle

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Robert Boyle, Robert Boyle, Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Stanton, 09 December 1665, EL/B1/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_100/letter-from-robert-boyle-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-stanton, accessed on 11 February 2026

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