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

Reference number: EL/OB/25

Date: 19 November 1664

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Concerning publication of Boyle's 'History of Cold' and about Latin translation of the thermometrical paradoxes; political events concerning France; that the Queen of France has had a child with dark complexion, making the king banish Moors, dwarfs and monkeys from his court

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EL/OB/25
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19 November 1664
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2 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, 19 November 1664, EL/OB/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_25/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 October 2024

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