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

Reference number: EL/OB/57

Date: 02 October 1666

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Concerning queries about mines and petrified springs; encloses letters from M de la Quintiny about gardening; states that he approves of M Pascal's description of the best way to travel to the East Indies by land and quotes part of his letter about where to find diamonds; concerning the movements of the British fleet; giving reasons why the rebuild of London after the Great Fire is a complex matter

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EL/OB/57
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02 October 1666
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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, dated at London, 02 October 1666, EL/OB/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_57/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 04 December 2024

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