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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Thomas Brown to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/156

Date: 25 October 1669

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Concerning the mineral collection of his son Edward acquired on his travels in Europe
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1669

Reference number
EL/B1/156
Earliest possible date
25 October 1669
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript
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Sir; Thomas Browne

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Sir; Thomas Browne, Letter, from Thomas Brown to Henry Oldenburg, 25 October 1669, EL/B1/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_156/letter-from-thomas-brown-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 15 September 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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