Letter, from Paolo Silvio Boccone to Henry Oldenburg, dated at de la Haye

Reference number: EL/B2/22

Date: 06 September 1673

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Autograph letter wishing to establish correspondence between Royal Society and botanists in Leyden; wishing to have a copy of Robert Boyle's publication concerning experiments with a fuming liquid and a list of his other publications
A list of 4 botanists is given

Reference number: EL/B2/22
Earliest possible date: 06 September 1673
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Paolo Silvio Boccone

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Paolo Silvio Boccone, Letter, from Paolo Silvio Boccone to Henry Oldenburg, dated at de la Haye, 06 September 1673, EL/B2/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_22/letter-from-paolo-silvio-boccone-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-de-la-haye, accessed on 13 August 2026

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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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