Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O1/94

Date: 02 January 1669

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Speculates about his findings in Italy and the scholars that he might have spoken to, hoping that he will re-count information acquired from his trip to the Society; sends a list of enquiries about trees and plants and about the geology of Italy and Sicily; that the Society are carrying out experiments to show motion and about the publication of work by Fellows of the Society

Reference number: EL/O1/94
Earliest possible date: 02 January 1669
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout, dated at London, 02 January 1669, EL/O1/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_94/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-adrian-auzout-dated-at-london, accessed on 07 December 2025

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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
Early Letters O1 (Oldenburg)
1663-1669 Reference number: EL/O1

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Adrian Auzout
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Henry Oldenburg
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