Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/M1/45

Date: 09 May 1668

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Sends a copy of a manuscript and also a printed paper about the present comet by Cassini; transcribes an extract from a letter with observations of the comet; transcribes an extract from a letter by Steno stating that he was going to write to Oldenburg about his paper on the origin of shells, molluscs and fossil teeth, and mentioning a controversial experiment which was practiced by him in Leyden, Paris and Florence (see EL/M1/46 for details)

Reference number: EL/M1/45
Earliest possible date: 09 May 1668
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Lorenzo Magalotti

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Lorenzo Magalotti, Letter, from Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg, 09 May 1668, EL/M1/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_45/letter-from-lorenzo-magalotti-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 13 December 2024

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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
Early Letters M1
1651-1713 Reference number: EL/M1

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Henry Oldenburg
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Lorenzo Magalotti
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Dates: 1613-1740

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