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Letter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Carinthia, Austria

Reference number: EL/B1/136

Date: 31 May 1669

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Autograph letter saying that a box of minerals from the mines of Hungary had been sent to the Royal Society with Captain Makyugall; that Petrus Lambecius, Imperial librarian in Vienna, was ready to correspond with the Royal Society

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EL/B1/136
Earliest possible date
31 May 1669
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Edward Brown

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Edward Brown, Letter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Carinthia, Austria, 31 May 1669, EL/B1/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_136/letter-from-edward-brown-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-carinthia-austria, accessed on 04 December 2023

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