Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Philip Sachs [von Lewenheimb], dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/46

Date: 02 February 1671

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That the Society will submit a public report on the importance of the observations raised in the philosophical volume which he sent

Postscript remarks on the observation that the 'spleen be the seat of venery', and discussing Dr Hulse's discovery that chicory flowers change blue when buried in an anthill

Reference number: EL/O2/46
Earliest possible date: 02 February 1671
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Philip Sachs [von Lewenheimb], dated at London, 02 February 1671, EL/O2/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_46/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-philip-sachs-von-lewenheimb-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 January 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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