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

Reference number: EL/H3/14

Date: 04 February 1673

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Account about a certain man called Triboulet; discussing two pieces of Iceland crystal from Erasmus Bartholin; discussing amber from Holstein, north-west Germany; discussing charcoal; notification of a work about the Faroes by a priest written in Danish with other literary notices

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EL/H3/14
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04 February 1673
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3 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, 04 February 1673, EL/H3/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_14/letter-from-thomas-henshaw-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-copenhagen, accessed on 13 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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