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

Reference number: EL/OB/82

Date: 25 February 1668

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Concerning experiments to show weight of tin and copper and then mixed with air and then water; concerning Steno's experiment of 'binding up the descending artery from the head'; transcribes a letter from Pierre de Carcavy (in French) about the aspirations of the French academy of Science (see EL/C1/46 for original); concerning the movement of the French army

Reference number: EL/OB/82
Earliest possible date: 25 February 1668
Page extent: 5 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, 25 February 1668, EL/OB/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_82/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-london, accessed on 19 January 2025

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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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