Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/B1/86
Date: 23 July 1665
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Autograph letter concerning grass found in the wind-pipes of a sheep and an ox; experiments carried out with Dr Lower to clarify this finding
Transcribed into LBO/28/6 See 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 6, pp 100-101 for Dr Wallis's paper about this
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- EL/B1/86
- Earliest possible date
- 23 July 1665
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Boyle, Robert Boyle, Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg, 23 July 1665, EL/B1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_86/letter-from-robert-boyle-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 11 November 2025
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Some anatomical observations of milk found in veins, instead of blood; and of grass, found in the wind-pipes of some animals External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 30th May 1665
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0045
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Henry Oldenburg
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Robert Boyle
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