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Extract of a letter, from Esaie Bourgeois to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Chatham

Reference number: EL/B2/12

Date: 31 October 1671

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Concerning scurvy; concerning witches who live in Rouen; concerning a theory about light produced by oars striking the sea which differs from the one of Descartes

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EL/B2/12
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31 October 1671
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Esaie Le Bourgeois

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Esaie Le Bourgeois, Extract of a letter, from Esaie Bourgeois to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Chatham, 31 October 1671, EL/B2/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_12/extract-of-a-letter-from-esaie-bourgeois-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-chatham, accessed on 03 December 2024

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