Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Georg Stiernhelm, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/17

Date: 09 December 1669

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Details about the aims of the Royal Society and asking him to correspond about Sweden; postcript asking for more information about two men who were resuscitated after being frozen in icy water - one for 12 hours, the other for 48 hours
Letter is heavily edited

Reference number: EL/O2/17
Earliest possible date: 09 December 1669
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Georg Stiernhelm, dated at London, 09 December 1669, EL/O2/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_17/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-georg-stiernhelm-dated-at-london, accessed on 09 December 2024

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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 O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Georg Stiernhielm
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Henry Oldenburg
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