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Letter, from Samuel de Fermat to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/F1/48

Date: 04 February 1669

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Signed autograph
General comments about experimental philosophy and the work of Descartes, Pascal and Boyle; states that Francois Bayle's work on medicine is being printed

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EL/F1/48
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04 February 1669
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Samuel de Fermat

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Samuel de Fermat, Letter, from Samuel de Fermat to Henry Oldenburg, 04 February 1669, EL/F1/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_48/letter-from-samuel-de-fermat-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 13 July 2025

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