Extract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge
Reference number: EL/OB/94
Date: 26 April 1676
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Discussion of Robert Boyle's experiments about the incadescence of gold with mercury which had been printed in the Transactions
- Reference number
- EL/OB/94
- Earliest possible date
- 26 April 1676
- Page extent
- 3 pages
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- Manuscript documents
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Isaac Newton, Extract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge, 26 April 1676, EL/OB/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_94/extract-of-a-letter-from-isaac-newton-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 16 May 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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Henry Oldenburg
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Isaac Newton
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