Letter, from Michael Behm to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Gedani [Gdansk, Poland]
Reference number: EL/B1/126
Date: 11 November 1667
Description
Autograph letter concerning Boyle's 'Colours' and 'Fluidity', wishing that more experiments were carried out on the nature of salts; discussing remedies for gout and arthritis, purifying the blood; discussion about the digestive tract
Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1667 [Received by Henry Oldenburg in a packet of letters from Johannes Hevelius]
- Reference number
- EL/B1/126
- Earliest possible date
- 11 November 1667
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Michael Behm, Letter, from Michael Behm to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Gedani [Gdansk, Poland], 11 November 1667, EL/B1/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_126/letter-from-michael-behm-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-gedani-gdansk-poland, accessed on 15 March 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Johannes Hevelius
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