Letter, from Henry Oldenburg [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/OB/86
Description
Concerning plans for a new building for the Society; concerning a marine barometer; items discussed at the last meeting of the Society eg Robert Hooke's weather-glasses, a contrivance to press cider-fruit, examining pendulums; concerning the translation of the New Testament in Turkish; concerning political events in Europe (in French)
- Reference number
- EL/OB/86
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg [to the Royal Society], EL/OB/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_86/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.
Dates: 1613 - 1740
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