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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Petrus Lambecius

Reference number: EL/O1/25

Date: 10 May 1666

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That the Society would welcome Lambecius's correspondence on the natural history of his country and that the Society wishes that others would do the same

Reference number
EL/O1/25
Earliest possible date
10 May 1666
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Petrus Lambecius, 10 May 1666, EL/O1/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_25/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-petrus-lambecius, accessed on 20 April 2025

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