Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Edward Brown, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O1/109
Date: 19 March 1669
Description
Sends a number of queries about the making of lead and silver from ore; gives prices for making ore from the smelting mills in Cardiganshire, Wales
- Reference number
- EL/O1/109
- Earliest possible date
- 19 March 1669
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Edward Brown, dated at London, 19 March 1669, EL/O1/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_109/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-edward-brown-dated-at-london, accessed on 08 July 2025
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Edward Brown
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Henry Oldenburg
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