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Proposing to set up two committees for the 'advancement of learning'; that an Oxonian had prepared a list of scholars who wished to correspond with the Royal Society; concerning Lister's paper about petrified shells and then discusses marcasite mineral and other stones; concerning creation and generation

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EL/OB/136
Earliest possible date
27 November 1671
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Beale

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John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, 27 November 1671, EL/OB/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_136/letter-from-john-beale-to-robert-boyle, accessed on 12 October 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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