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Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/I1/66

Date: 23 February 1669

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States that Auzout sends some 'Bolognian stone' (phosphorus) to him, but no one knows how to calcine it; political events in Europe, particularly in regard to Sweden, and troops being sent to Crete

Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number
EL/I1/66
Earliest possible date
23 February 1669
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Justel

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Henry Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg, 23 February 1669, EL/I1/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_66/letter-from-henry-justel-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 December 2024

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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