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
- Reference number
- EL/OB/25
- Earliest possible date
- 19 November 1664
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, 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 08 July 2025
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