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Letter, from Michael Behm to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Gedani [Gdansk, Poland]

Reference number: EL/B1/126

Date: 11 November 1667

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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]

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EL/B1/126
Earliest possible date
11 November 1667
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Behm

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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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