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Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/I1/85

Date: 28 July 1677

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Concerning information from Leibniz: an eight-foot-tall man in Hanover; new pocket-sized geographical maps printed in Holland; concerning a machine for polishing stones; concerning an edition of St Augustine

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EL/I1/85
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28 July 1677
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Justel

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Henri Justel

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Henry Justel, Henri Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg, 28 July 1677, EL/I1/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_85/letter-from-henry-justel-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 19 April 2026

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