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Letter, from Joseph Glanvill to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Froome

Reference number: EL/G1/16

Date: 15 August 1669

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Concerning a plan to set up a philosophical society in Somerset

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EL/G1/16
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15 August 1669
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Joseph Glanvill

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Joseph Glanvill, Letter, from Joseph Glanvill to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Froome, 15 August 1669, EL/G1/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_16/letter-from-joseph-glanvill-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-froome, accessed on 18 May 2025

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