Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to George Caspar Kirchmeyer, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/166
Date: 09 February 1677
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Thanks for Kirchmeyer's essays on noctiluca and on flying dragons which were read to the Society; wishes to have a sample of noctiluca; that Balduin had sent a shining stone and had been elected to the Fellowship as a consequence
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- EL/O2/166
- Earliest possible date
- 09 February 1677
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- 2 pages
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to George Caspar Kirchmeyer, dated at London, 09 February 1677, EL/O2/166, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_166/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-george-caspar-kirchmeyer-dated-at-london, accessed on 19 July 2025
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