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Copy of a letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Francesco Travagino, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O1/36

Date: 15 May 1666

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Welcomes Travagino's work in experimental philosophy and wishes him to send his findings to the Royal Society so that they can be published

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EL/O1/36
Earliest possible date
15 May 1666
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Copy of a letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Francesco Travagino, dated at London, 15 May 1666, EL/O1/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_36/copy-of-a-letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-francesco-travagino-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 December 2024

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