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

Reference number: EL/G1/20

Date: 31 January 1670

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Stating that the woman who had a tumour which produced lots of stones has died (see EL/G1/19 for other information about her); stating that Mr Paschall is investigating the cause of motion of underground water and recounts his observations of a well in Somerset, called the Holy Well; concerning Mr Foster's papers

Reference number: EL/G1/20
Earliest possible date: 31 January 1670
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Joseph Glanvill

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Joseph; Rector of the Abbey Church Glanvill

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Joseph Glanvill, Joseph; Rector of the Abbey Church Glanvill, Letter, from Joseph Glanvill to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Froome, 31 January 1670, EL/G1/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_20/letter-from-joseph-glanvill-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-froome, accessed on 08 March 2026

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters G1
1613-1728 Reference number: EL/G1

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Henry Oldenburg
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Joseph Glanvill
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