Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Marcello Malpighi, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/95

Date: 01 January 1672

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Copy of draft is EL/O2/94
Disappointed that Grew's book did not arrive; thanks him for continuing his research about eggs; attaches some specimen printed figures to illustrate his paper on the incubation of eggs; that more copper engravings had been made for him; concerning Newton's theory of colour and light

Reference number: EL/O2/95
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1672
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Marcello Malpighi, dated at London, 01 January 1672, EL/O2/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_95/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-marcello-malpighi-dated-at-london, accessed on 20 September 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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Marcello Malpighi
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