Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/35

Date: 08 November 1670

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That the Dutch have carried out an experiment to break a glass by the human voice; that drawings of Saturn by Hevelius and Hooke are being printed (see 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 5, no 65, p 2091); that he encloses the second part of Boyle's paper on 'New pneumatical experiments about respiration'; concerning letters received from de Monceaux; informing him about Leibniz' work on motion

Reference number: EL/O2/35
Earliest possible date: 08 November 1670
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Christian Huygens, dated at London, 08 November 1670, EL/O2/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_35/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-christian-huygens-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 December 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
Early Letters O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Christiaan Huygens
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Henry Oldenburg
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