Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/M1/13
Date: 30 September 1665
Description
Concerns exchange of letters; concerning the health of M de Son who had contracted the plague; concerning developments in watches; ideas about how infection can be contracted; concerning political events in Europe
Oldenburg made a note at the end of the letter about commodities from England, Scotland and Ireland
- Reference number
- EL/M1/13
- Earliest possible date
- 30 September 1665
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Moray, Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 30 September 1665, EL/M1/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_13/letter-from-robert-moray-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 17 January 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Henry Oldenburg
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Robert Moray
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