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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick and Luneburg

Reference number: EL/O2/146

Date: 06 April 1674

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Thanks Ferdinand for his gift and letter to the Society; outlines the activities of the Society - work on motion, universal measure, air, magnetism, refractions, colours, gems, the anatomy of plants, and Hooke's microscopy work

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EL/O2/146
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06 April 1674
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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 Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick and Luneburg, 06 April 1674, EL/O2/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_146/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-ferdinand-albert-of-brunswick-and-luneburg, accessed on 08 December 2023

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