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Extract of a letter, from Olaus Borrichius to Kenelm Digby, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/B1/103

Date: 19 January 1663

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Concerning Servier's portable machine that can read the temperature of a human through touch
Read to the Royal Society on 20 January 1634

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EL/B1/103
Earliest possible date
19 January 1663
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Ole Borch

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Ole Borch, Extract of a letter, from Olaus Borrichius to Kenelm Digby, dated at Paris, 19 January 1663, EL/B1/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_103/extract-of-a-letter-from-olaus-borrichius-to-kenelm-digby-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 November 2025

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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