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Translated extract of a letter, from Urban Hiarne to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/H3/10

Date: 01 January 1671

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Account of reviving animals and people that were believed drowned, giving details of how this was carried out in Finland and Sweden
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1671

Reference number
EL/H3/10
Earliest possible date
01 January 1671
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Urban Hjarne

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Urban Hjarne, Translated extract of a letter, from Urban Hiarne to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1671, EL/H3/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_10/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-urban-hiarne-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 12 May 2025

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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