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

Reference number: EL/OB/66

Date: 08 October 1667

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Has presented the two gilt books to William Brouncker as requested; concerning elections to the Fellowship and details of a recent meeting of the Society; concerning John Beale's work on hearing and smell and about publication of his other work; concerning political events in Europe (extract of Henry Justel's letter in French; see EL/I1/9 for original); concerning a blood transfusion experiment carried out on a baron of Sweden, whose intestines were diseased

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EL/OB/66
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08 October 1667
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5 pages
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 08 October 1667, EL/OB/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_66/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 November 2025

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