Letter, from Peter Nelson to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Durham

Reference number: EL/N1/32

Date: 01 December 1670

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Discussing subterraneous fumes from the ground in Durham; concerning the noise a river makes; considering the movement of tides; suggesting improvements to 'Philosophical Transactions'; concerning craftsmen of the area - Ralph Cole, his 'Art of Limming' and iron-, wood- and silverwork, Thomas Mossocke as watchmaker, Ralph Coats, a bowmaker; names some physicians, chemists

Reference number: EL/N1/32
Earliest possible date: 01 December 1670
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Peter Nelson

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Peter Nelson, Letter, from Peter Nelson to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Durham, 01 December 1670, EL/N1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_32/letter-from-peter-nelson-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-durham, accessed on 14 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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