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Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/91

Date: 24 September 1665

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Autograph letter concerning Signor Borhi's antidote against the plague; concerning Boyle's experiments to find the weight of a cubic inch of water; concerning an Italian translation of 'History of Cold'
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EL/B1/91
Earliest possible date
24 September 1665
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3 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, 24 September 1665, EL/B1/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_91/letter-from-robert-boyle-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 03 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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