Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Georg Stiernhelm, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/17
Date: 09 December 1669
Description
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, 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 11 November 2025
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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 -
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Georg Stiernhielm
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Henry Oldenburg
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