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Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/H1/113

Date: 04 May 1673

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States that three Frenchmen (de la Garde, Father Thomassin and another unnamed) will be coming to the Royal Society to see Boyle's experiments; discussing publication of books
Note reads: 'Not to be enter'd [in the Letter Book]'

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EL/H1/113
Earliest possible date
04 May 1673
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Jean Baptiste Du Hamel

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Jean Baptiste Du Hamel, Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 04 May 1673, EL/H1/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_113/letter-from-jean-baptiste-du-hamel-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 November 2024

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