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

Reference number: EL/OB/70

Date: 25 November 1667

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Concerning publication of new experiments (not specified- possibly about light and air); sends a catalogue of a new way to seal glasses; details of the first trial of a blood transfusion on a man with sheep's blood carried out at Arundel House; concerning delivery of books; transcription of the Cartesian hypothesis of the rainbow (in Latin) with figure in text by Slusius; concerning political events in Europe

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EL/OB/70
Earliest possible date
25 November 1667
Page extent
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, 25 November 1667, EL/OB/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_70/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 January 2026

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