Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Richard Norwood, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O1/57
Date: 10 February 1668

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Thanks for Norwood's letter; encloses some enquiries which the Society would like to know about Bermuda and the West Indies [Caribbean], particularly about tides, whales, the longevity of the people of Bermuda (see 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 11, p 186 for Robert Boyle's list for compiling a natural history of any country); wishes him to observe any eclipses of the moon and tells him to look at Mr Rook's methods for this found in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 22, p 388; concerns the building of a new college for the Society; sends a copy of the 'History' of the Society
A note from Charles Howard to Mr Norwood is enclosed within the letter which gives instructions about how to prepare fruit, seeds, plants, roots for transportation
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- EL/O1/57
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- 10 February 1668
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Richard Norwood, dated at London, 10 February 1668, EL/O1/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_57/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-richard-norwood-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 February 2025
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