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

Reference number: EL/OB/84

Date: 10 March 1668

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Concerning a book on the Florentine experiments with their titles in Italian (eg air pressure, artificial freezing, compression of water, motion of sound); concerning changes to Steno's experiment to show motion in the artery; that Smethwick's telescopes were going to be thoroughly examined at the next meeting; Auzout's comments on the senses; that the Bishop of Salisbury wanted the Society to recognise the work Oldenburg was doing

Reference number: EL/OB/84
Earliest possible date: 10 March 1668
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, 10 March 1668, EL/OB/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_84/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
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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