Letter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen
Reference number: EL/H3/12
Date: 06 July 1672
Description
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
- Reference number
- EL/H3/12
- Earliest possible date
- 06 July 1672
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Henshaw
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Thomas Henshaw, 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 25 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Thomas Henshaw
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