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

Reference number: EL/OB/141

Date: 16 February 1680

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Concerning Boyle's 'aerial noctiluca'; discussing the recent wars on the continent; concerning Boyle's work in general; improvement to the microscope design by Hooke and by Leeuwenhoek; concerns publishing bills of mortality from New England

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EL/OB/141
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16 February 1680
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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, dated at Yeovil, Somerset, 16 February 1680, EL/OB/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_141/letter-from-john-beale-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-yeovil-somerset, accessed on 08 December 2023

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