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Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Plymouth

Reference number: EL/C1/15

Date: 26 July 1667

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Autograph letter concerning fire-stones; observations of a deformed chick; details of an experiment with lodestone

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EL/C1/15
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26 July 1667
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Colepresse

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Samuel Colepresse, Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Plymouth, 26 July 1667, EL/C1/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_15/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-plymouth, accessed on 23 January 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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