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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London

Reference number: EL/OB/24

Date: 17 November 1664

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Preparations for election day on 30 November; discussing respiration; concerning experiments to show refraction of liquids; concerning Brouncker's observations with barometers and about hot and cold; that Howard has found fat on the body of a man who has been dead for 30 years; concerning Thomas Millington and Walter Needham's experiments to continue the heart's pulse without using the lungs; that some merchants of the East Indian Company are ready to answer enquiries for the Society; the new correspondent in Paris has sent pamphlets and books on subjects of divinity and of philosophy

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EL/OB/24
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17 November 1664
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5 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 17 November 1664, EL/OB/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_24/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 December 2025

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