Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at Saumur
Reference number: EL/OB/2
Date: 08 September 1657
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Discussing poison of vipers which 'consists rather in the rage'; about the bite of enraged man; about Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) eating vipers' flesh
- Reference number
- EL/OB/2
- Earliest possible date
- 08 September 1657
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at Saumur, 08 September 1657, EL/OB/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_2/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-saumur, accessed on 16 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Boyle
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Henry Oldenburg
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