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Extracts from five letters, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg and other correspondents

Reference number: EL/B1/15

Date: 01 January 1656

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EL/B1/15 - 15 March 1662 - discussing life in America and observations about life in Jamaica
EL/B1/15a - 23 January 1656 -discussing C Morley's intended Treatise of Mercury
EL/B1/15b - 30 January 1656 - Beale stating that he has no more of Morley's papers
EL/B1/15c - 23 November 1661 - Beale to Mr Hartlib - concerning an alphabet on five pieces of parchment
EL/B1/15d - 14 December 1661 - Beale to Henry Oldenburg which included a letter to Mr Hartlib saying that he found it necessary to leave the curiosities of theology and then discusses how cider-making in Somerset could be improved

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EL/B1/15
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01 January 1656
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3 pages
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John Beale, Extracts from five letters, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg and other correspondents, 01 January 1656, EL/B1/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_15/extracts-from-five-letters-from-john-beale-to-henry-oldenburg-and-other-correspondents, accessed on 16 January 2025

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