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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adam Martindale, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/36

Date: 15 November 1670

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Thanks for Martindale's communication which mentioned salt rock and lists questions to be clarified; also asks for any further observations about that Cheshire - its agriculture, dairy, brewing

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EL/O2/36
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15 November 1670
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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 Adam Martindale, dated at London, 15 November 1670, EL/O2/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_36/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-adam-martindale-dated-at-london, accessed on 04 December 2023

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