Letter, from Richard Norwood to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Sommers Island

Reference number: EL/N1/26

Date: 18 June 1667

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Discussing the tides at Bermuda; about digging wells near the sea; about killing whales
Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1667

Reference number: EL/N1/26
Earliest possible date: 18 June 1667
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Richard Norwood

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Richard Norwood, Letter, from Richard Norwood to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Sommers Island, 18 June 1667, EL/N1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_26/letter-from-richard-norwood-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-sommers-island, accessed on 02 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
Letters from correspondents in natural philosophy to the Royal Society and its Fellows: 'Early Letters N1'
1663-1726 Reference number: EL/N1

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Henry Oldenburg
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