Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Leyden
Reference number: EL/C1/23
Date: 20 November 1668
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Autograph letter
Colepresse discusses his experiment with opal glass and about sending some tin ore to Dr Sylvius for his chemical experiments. He adds some barometric readings.
Read to the Royal Society on 26 November 1668
- Reference number
- EL/C1/23
- Earliest possible date
- 20 November 1668
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Samuel Colepresse, Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Leyden, 20 November 1668, EL/C1/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_23/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 15 February 2026
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