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Letter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen

Reference number: EL/H3/12

Date: 06 July 1672

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States that he will answer any queries about Iceland; discussing Olaus Wormius's 'De Mure Norvagico' (about lemmings - arctic rodent)
Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1672

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EL/H3/12
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06 July 1672
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henshaw

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Thomas Henshaw, Letter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen, 06 July 1672, EL/H3/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_12/letter-from-thomas-henshaw-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-copenhagen, accessed on 19 May 2025

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