Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London
Reference number: EL/OB/34
Date: 29 August 1665
Description
Asks for Boyle's opinion about 'Helmontian gas' (sulphur dioxide), about dimensions of burning glass, and about meltings of cast iron, glass and stone in Lyon; states that nothing is yet known about the comet; concerns printing the catalogue about anti-pestilential medicines; information about the British navy at Southwold and transcribes letter in French about political events between Britain and Holland
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- EL/OB/34
- Earliest possible date
- 29 August 1665
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 29 August 1665, EL/OB/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_34/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 06 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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