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Letter, from Eccard Leichner to the Royal Society, dated at Erfurt

Reference number: EL/L5/3

Date: 30 November 1663

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Signed autograph
Endorsed by Henry Oldenburg: 'A letter written by Dr Leichner to ye R Society about his Apodicticall Method of rectifying ye study of Philosophy'
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 130

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EL/L5/3
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30 November 1663
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Eccard Leichner

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Eccard Leichner, Letter, from Eccard Leichner to the Royal Society, dated at Erfurt, 30 November 1663, EL/L5/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_3/letter-from-eccard-leichner-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-erfurt, accessed on 15 June 2025

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