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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle

Reference number: EL/OB/30

Date: 01 June 1665

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Concerning Boreel's writings; that the first page of the Latin transcription on the discourses on thermometers is complete; concerning a deformed colt; transcribes a letter (in French) about the work of Hevelius and Bourdelot and their observations of the comet

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EL/OB/30
Earliest possible date
01 June 1665
Page extent
4 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, 01 June 1665, EL/OB/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_30/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle, accessed on 09 October 2024

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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