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Letter, from Christopher Kirkby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)

Reference number: EL/K/12

Date: 01 June 1673

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Details about a granary in Danzig (Gdansk, Poland) and the damage caused to wheat and rye by thunder and lightning; notice about new publications by Robert Boyle and Thomas Willis

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EL/K/12
Earliest possible date
01 June 1673
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Bottom of letter has been cut off
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Christopher Kirkby

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Christopher Kirkby, Letter, from Christopher Kirkby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 01 June 1673, EL/K/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_k_12/letter-from-christopher-kirkby-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 14 December 2024

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