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

Reference number: EL/OB/46

Date: 27 January 1666

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Concerns printing Boyle's work; states that Robert Hooke is working on pocket watches (which he believes de la Son has taken from him) and his new chariot; concerning de la Son's parabolic-object telescope; states that there is a desire to obtain a good collection of curiosities for the Society's repository; concerning Hooke's method for writing a natural history; concerning the consequences of the war against Britain

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EL/OB/46
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27 January 1666
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4 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, 27 January 1666, EL/OB/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_46/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 November 2025

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