Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London
Reference number: EL/OB/76
Date: 07 January 1667
Description
Concerning a book by Helmont entitled 'Alphabetum Naturae' with discussion about the Hebrew alphabet and phonetics; that Hooke had brought a contrivance to discover air pressure at sea to enable detection of storms (account of ways of discovering various pressure of air at sea is attached); that the Parisian man who had a blood transfusion had relapsed; concerning political news on the continent
- Reference number
- EL/OB/76
- Earliest possible date
- 07 January 1667
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London, 07 January 1667, EL/OB/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_76/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 09 October 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Boyle
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Henry Oldenburg
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