Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Marcello Malpighi, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O1/93
Date: 22 December 1668
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That Malpighi's parcel of books had been presented to the Society; concerning the accuracy of Cassini's ephemerides of Jupiter; concerning the work of Castelli; looking forward to Malpighi's work on the history of the silkworm; informs about the work of the Fellows of the Society; that John Wilkins's book on 'Real character and Philosophical Language' was being translated into Latin; concerning Robert Boyle's work on physico-mechanical experiments upon the weight and elasticity of the air
Read to the Royal Society on 10 December 1668
- Reference number
- EL/O1/93
- Earliest possible date
- 22 December 1668
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Marcello Malpighi, dated at London, 22 December 1668, EL/O1/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_93/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-marcello-malpighi-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 November 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 -
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Marcello Malpighi
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Henry Oldenburg
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