Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London
Reference number: EL/OB/33
Date: 24 August 1665
Description
Wishing to have details about the 'gas sulphureum'; concerning news from Bourdelot (in French) about the hair disease 'plica' suffered by Poles and Cossacks, about a deaf mute who dances to music, about sculpture of Bernini; concerning naval activities between the English and Dutch
- Reference number
- EL/OB/33
- Earliest possible date
- 24 August 1665
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 24 August 1665, EL/OB/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_33/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Boyle
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Henry Oldenburg
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