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Letter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Palmanova, Friuli

Reference number: EL/B1/138

Date: 15 June 1669

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Paper in the form of a letter - Account of quicksilver mines near Idria
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1669
Transcribed in LBO/3/92, printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 54, pp 1080-83.

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EL/B1/138
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15 June 1669
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Brown

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Edward Browne

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Edward Brown, Edward Browne, Letter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Palmanova, Friuli, 15 June 1669, EL/B1/138, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_138/letter-from-edward-brown-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-palmanova-friuli, accessed on 07 June 2026

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