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Translation of a letter, from Herman Boerhaave to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Leyden

Reference number: EL/B3/51

Date: 10 May 1737

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Boerhaave provides observations of his experiments with quicksilver especially when it is boiled
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in Latin

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EL/B3/51
Earliest possible date
10 May 1737
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Herman Boerhaave

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Herman Boerhaave, Translation of a letter, from Herman Boerhaave to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Leyden, 10 May 1737, EL/B3/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_51/translation-of-a-letter-from-herman-boerhaave-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 22 January 2025

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