Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to [Joseph] Glanvill, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/7

Date: 24 July 1669

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Concerns a desire to establish a philosophical society; thanks him for pursuing Dr Jackson about answering queries on salt-works; that he has a good account of making salt by the sun in Xaintonge which should be printed soon

Reference number: EL/O2/7
Earliest possible date: 24 July 1669
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to [Joseph] Glanvill, dated at London, 24 July 1669, EL/O2/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_7/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-joseph-glanvill-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 October 2024

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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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Joseph Glanvill
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