Letter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway
Reference number: EL/C1/5
Date: 14 April 1669

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Autograph letter with details of experiments with quicksilver and experiments about striking fires
- Reference number
- EL/C1/5
- Earliest possible date
- 14 April 1669
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Joshua Childrey
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Joshua Childrey, Letter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway, 14 April 1669, EL/C1/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_5/letter-from-joshua-childrey-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-upway, accessed on 07 February 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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