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

Reference number: EL/OB/80

Date: 11 February 1667

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Thanks for parcel with papers on philosophical experiments and subscription money for the proposed building for the Society; concerning contacts with Italian philosophers who have come to Britain; details of an earthquake in the Perisan gulf; concerning a league made between Britain and Holland

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EL/OB/80
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11 February 1667
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3 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, 11 February 1667, EL/OB/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_80/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 15 February 2025

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