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Letter, from Augustin Boutens to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/120

Date: 12 June 1675

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Autographed letter renewing correspondence about 'Helmontian Ludus' (type of stone) and Boutens encloses a yellow preparation of pyrite

Reference number
EL/B1/120
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12 June 1675
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript
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Augustin Boutens

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Augustin Boutens, Letter, from Augustin Boutens to Henry Oldenburg, 12 June 1675, EL/B1/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_120/letter-from-augustin-boutens-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 08 July 2025

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