Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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

Reference number: EL/OB/26

Date: 24 November 1664

Description

Concerns the need to register the time of new experiments; that the Florentine experiments are promised; praise of Mr Hand's dissection and observations; concerning publication of 'Journal de Scavans'; that Mr Spratt is ready to print the history of the Society with details about its contents; concerning icebergs, tides, the indigenous people in Greenland; concerning experiments of refraction with different liquids and solids; concerning an account by Robert Hooke about dissection of the viper; concerning the president's account of the Antipascalian book; concerning Parliament's preparations for the war

Reference number
EL/OB/26
Earliest possible date
24 November 1664
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript
Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
View Also available on Early Modern Letters Online (external link, opens in new tab)

Creator name

Henry Oldenburg

View page for Henry Oldenburg

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 24 November 1664, EL/OB/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_26/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 09 February 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_26/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_ob_26/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london" title="Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

    View collection