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Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/83

Date: 14 June 1665

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Autograph letter about sending an observation of the last comet seen in Ireland and about the efficacy of the plant Galega ('Ruta capraria') against the bite of the viper

Reference number
EL/B1/83
Earliest possible date
14 June 1665
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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Robert Boyle

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Robert Boyle, Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg, 14 June 1665, EL/B1/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_83/letter-from-robert-boyle-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 20 September 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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