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Letter, from Nicolaas Hoboken to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/H3/19

Date: 08 August 1672

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Sends a present of his work 'Anatomia secundinae humanae repetitae'; states that he will be sending his work on the uterus of the sheep and the afterbirth; advocates for further issues of 'Philosophical Transactions' to be translated into Latin
Read to the Royal Society on 30 October 1673
Hoboken became an Extraordinary Professor of Medicine and Mathematics

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EL/H3/19
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08 August 1672
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Nicolaas Hoboken

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Nicolaas Hoboken, Letter, from Nicolaas Hoboken to Henry Oldenburg, 08 August 1672, EL/H3/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_19/letter-from-nicolaas-hoboken-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 21 June 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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