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Letter, from Joseph Corcilli to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/C1/104

Date: 01 January 1671

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Autograph letter
Corcilli asks for the salt which is used to relieve headaches and to ask Robert Boyle a specific question relating to his Toricellian experiments with his pneumatic machine
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Reference number
EL/C1/104
Earliest possible date
01 January 1671
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Giuseppe Corcilli

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Giuseppe Corcilli, Letter, from Joseph Corcilli to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 01 January 1671, EL/C1/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_104/letter-from-joseph-corcilli-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 08 May 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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