Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Martin Fogel, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/59

Date: 14 November 1671

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Thanks for the account by Sivers of observations of sunspots; encourages more correspondence, particularly detailing lines of enquiry for observing the Harz mountains; concerning the astronomical correspondence which have been received from Cassini, Boulliaud, Huygens and Hevelius; wishes for a copy of a biography of Galileo and that he will send it to Fogel in due course; concerning his enquiry about Pocock's work on coffee and whether he knows anything about frankincense tree and myrrh; concerning the enquiry about bdellium

Reference number: EL/O2/59
Earliest possible date: 14 November 1671
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Martin Fogel, dated at London, 14 November 1671, EL/O2/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_59/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-martin-fogel-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 June 2026

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