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Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset

Reference number: EL/OB/113

Date: 25 April 1664

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Concerning flowers changing colours; using a microscope to see changes in colours of flowers; concerning the results from Oldenburg's hydrostatic, which Beale borrowed

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EL/OB/113
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25 April 1664
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Beale

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John Beale, John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset, 25 April 1664, EL/OB/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_113/letter-from-john-beale-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-yeovil-somerset, accessed on 23 June 2025

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