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

Reference number: EL/H3/18

Date: 22 March 1677

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Details of an experiment with a lodestone and iron bar, which was carried out at the Royal Society on 1 March

Reference number
EL/H3/18
Earliest possible date
22 March 1677
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henshaw

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Thomas Henshaw, Thomas Henshaw, Letter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Kensington, 22 March 1677, EL/H3/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_18/letter-from-thomas-henshaw-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-kensington, accessed on 10 February 2026

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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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