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Concerns Boyle's answers to queries sent by Corcilli - cures for headaches (volatile salt of hartshorn and spirit of sal ammoniac) - results about germinating bulbous plants in vessels without air will be published soon - experiments to show internal air and atmosphere

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EL/O2/72
Earliest possible date
01 January 1671
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Giuseppe Corcilli, 01 January 1671, EL/O2/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_72/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-giuseppe-corcilli, accessed on 09 December 2024

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

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