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

Reference number: EL/OB/65

Date: 01 October 1667

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Thanks for delivery of books; concerning a publication relating to the history of the Royal Society; gives details of the contents of the new edition of 'Philosophical Transactions'; that Glanvill has answered some enquiries concerning minerals; concerning an act of Parliament to import cattle out of Ireland; concerning developments in the war on the continent; that a meeting of the Society has been called at Arundel House with hopes that a college of its own will be established by next summer

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EL/OB/65
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01 October 1667
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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, 01 October 1667, EL/OB/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_65/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 09 October 2024

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