Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle
Reference number: EL/OB/91
Date: 14 April 1668
Description
Lists fossils found in Liege; that Dr Needham's letter suggests many good experiments and wants to invite him to the Society; that Boyle's experiments on respiration would be of interest to the Society; that Boyle's experiments on light in shining wood and fish have been featured in the French philosophical journal; Cassini's account of the comet (in Latin); that a stone, over four pounds in weight, had been taken from of a horse
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- EL/OB/91
- Earliest possible date
- 14 April 1668
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, 14 April 1668, EL/OB/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_91/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-boyle, accessed on 14 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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Robert Boyle
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Henry Oldenburg
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