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
- Page extent
- 3 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 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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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Henry Oldenburg
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Thomas Henshaw
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