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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Mr [Joshua] Childrey

Reference number: EL/O2/4

Date: 24 July 1669

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Thanks for his correpondence about the weather and about the voyages to the East Indian sea; concerning the irregular tides at Weymouth

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EL/O2/4
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24 July 1669
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2 pages
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Mr [Joshua] Childrey, 24 July 1669, EL/O2/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_4/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-mr-joshua-childrey, accessed on 07 December 2024

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