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Letter, from Samuel de Fermat to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/F1/51

Date: 08 April 1673

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Thanks for sending a work by Robert Boyle and hopes that the description of the canal, probably the one in Languedoc, is acceptable

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EL/F1/51
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08 April 1673
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1 page
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Samuel de Fermat

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Samuel de Fermat, Letter, from Samuel de Fermat to Henry Oldenburg, 08 April 1673, EL/F1/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_51/letter-from-samuel-de-fermat-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 December 2024

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