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

Reference number: EL/OB/67

Date: 15 October 1667

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Thanks for imparting knowledge about the growth of the magnet; concerns printing a list of Boyle's work; discussing the experiment to show respiration in a dog; concerns distribution of the history of the Society; concerning political events in Europe (in French); that Frenchmen have brought back a nearly pure metal from America, some of which is going to be turned into an assay

Reference number: EL/OB/67
Earliest possible date: 15 October 1667
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 15 October 1667, EL/OB/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_67/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 06 December 2024

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters OB (Oldenburg and Beale)
1657-1682 Reference number: EL/OB

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Robert Boyle
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Henry Oldenburg
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