Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Ray, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/56
Date: 11 October 1671
Description
Transcribes an extract from a letter from Paris about a merman seen in Martinique in the West Indies [Caribbean] (in French); concerning literary notices
- Reference number
- EL/O2/56
- Earliest possible date
- 11 October 1671
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Ray, dated at London, 11 October 1671, EL/O2/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_56/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-john-ray-dated-at-london, accessed on 17 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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John Ray
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Henry Oldenburg
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