Translated extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Balthazar de] Monconys to Robert Moray, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/M1/31
Date: 01 January 1664
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Details of Monsieur Monconys's travels to Germany and Italy: concerning Gene's experiments to show the electric force of the air; concerning Gene's thermometer; concerning experiments with gold; details of a child who cannot read or write but can answer difficult questions of arithmetic; that Monconys had seen the bones and teeth of an elephant of Hannibal and about flint and black coral in Italy
On the last page are details about a new ship
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- EL/M1/31
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- 01 January 1664
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Balthazar de Monconys, Translated extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Balthazar de] Monconys to Robert Moray, dated at Paris, 01 January 1664, EL/M1/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_31/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-monsieur-balthazar-de-monconys-to-robert-moray-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 February 2026
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