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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Francesco Travagino, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/157

Date: 11 October 1675

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Thanks Travagino for the specimen of silver from his transmutation experiments; details of Boyle's examination of the metal; details of a man in Holland who transmuted silver into gold

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EL/O2/157
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11 October 1675
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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 Francesco Travagino, dated at London, 11 October 1675, EL/O2/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_157/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-francesco-travagino-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 October 2024

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