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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Charles Somerset, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/124

Date: 11 August 1673

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Details about Monsieur Denis's blood-staunching liquid which was used on a dog at a meeting of the Society; that Boyle's experiment with a fuming liquid was carried out at the same meeting

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EL/O2/124
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11 August 1673
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Charles Somerset, dated at London, 11 August 1673, EL/O2/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_124/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-charles-somerset-dated-at-london, accessed on 03 December 2024

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