Letter, from Francois Bayle to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B2/1

Date: 01 July 1669

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Autograph letter about Bayle's invention of a windmill which will be able to raise water; if the Royal Society is interested Bayle will send a diagram; stating that there are other unfinished treatises on motion of liquids in vessels and of solids in liquids
Francis Bayle (1622-1709) was a physician and professor at University of Toulouse
Samuel de Fermat sent this letter (see EL/F1/47)

Reference number: EL/B2/1
Earliest possible date: 01 July 1669
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Francois Bayle

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Francois Bayle, Letter, from Francois Bayle to Henry Oldenburg, 01 July 1669, EL/B2/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_1/letter-from-francois-bayle-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 02 December 2024

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B2
1669-1731 Reference number: EL/B2

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Henry Oldenburg
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