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

Reference number: EL/C1/24

Date: 14 December 1668

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Autograph letter
Colepresse sends some specimens from the glass experiments and gives observations of a Flemish blind man who regained his sight temporarily

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EL/C1/24
Earliest possible date
14 December 1668
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1 page
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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 Leyden, 14 December 1668, EL/C1/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_24/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 03 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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