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

Reference number: EL/OB/62

Date: 12 September 1667

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States that he has not had any correspondence since his release from prison, apart from Boyle and John Beale; concerning blood transfusion experiments; states that Beale would like to see Boyle's work on 'heat and flame'; concerns printing the 'Philosophical Transactions'

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EL/OB/62
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12 September 1667
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3 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, 12 September 1667, EL/OB/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_62/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 October 2024

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