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

Reference number: EL/O2/5
Earliest possible date: 24 July 1669
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: 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 11 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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