Letter, from Jean Baptiste Denis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/D1/6
Date: 29 December 1670
Description
Promoting the work of the naturalist Paolo Boccone stating that he had found a new plant which leaves an imprint on paper.
Denis says that he will only come to England if the Royal Society invites him
- Reference number
- EL/D1/6
- Earliest possible date
- 29 December 1670
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jean-Baptiste Denis, Letter, from Jean Baptiste Denis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 29 December 1670, EL/D1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_6/letter-from-jean-baptiste-denis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 16 May 2026
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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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