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

Reference number: EL/OB/8

Date: 22 June 1663

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States that Lindsey, Huygens and Sorbiere were admitted to the Society; details about meetings - that an experiment with a compressing engine was unsuccessful, that petrifications and the colours of insects were discussed, that de la Quintinye's letter about melons was read and Beale's letter about smut of corn; states that Jean Martel wishes Boyle to correspond with him; concerning delivery of books

Reference number: EL/OB/8
Earliest possible date: 22 June 1663
Page extent: 3 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, 22 June 1663, EL/OB/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_8/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 October 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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