Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset
Reference number: EL/OB/141
Date: 16 February 1680
Description
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
- Reference number
- EL/OB/141
- Earliest possible date
- 16 February 1680
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Beale, 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 10 November 2025
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