Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle
Reference number: EL/OB/88
Description
Discussing work by an Ethiopian gentleman on his 'menstruum'; about the treatise of a Frenchman on several topics eg a plough without oxen or horses and that he will not meddle with the Philosopher's stone; concerning delivery of books
- Reference number
- EL/OB/88
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator names
Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, EL/OB/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_88/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle, accessed on 19 June 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 -
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Robert Boyle
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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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