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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Edward Brown

Reference number: EL/O2/5

Date: 24 July 1669

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Thanks for the account of lake Zirchnitz; wishes him to make observations of minerals and mineral waters on his return journey through Bohemia, Saxony etc and, if possible, to visit the mines in the Hartz mountains in northern Germany

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EL/O2/5
Earliest possible date
24 July 1669
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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 Edward Brown, 24 July 1669, EL/O2/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_5/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-edward-brown, accessed on 08 December 2023

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