Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Nicolas Toinard, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/73

Date: 15 February 1672

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Concerning the desire to compile a natural history and whether Toinard knew of any French author who wrote on this topic; that Christopher Merret had begun a natural history of Britain; concerning Samuel Moreland's trumpet which was 6 feet long; that Oldenburg was going to try and obtain a model of William Petty's double-bottom ship (catamaran)

Reference number: EL/O2/73
Earliest possible date: 15 February 1672
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Nicolas Toinard, dated at London, 15 February 1672, EL/O2/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_73/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-nicolas-toinard-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 December 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
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