Letter, from Pierre Petit to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/P1/3
Date: 12 October 1663
Description
Wishing to know about Samuel Sorbiere's relations with the Society when he last visited London; concerning work on a machine to raise water and about a glass pump; concerning operations to remove bladder-stones
Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1663
- Reference number
- EL/P1/3
- Earliest possible date
- 12 October 1663
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Pierre Petit, Letter, from Pierre Petit to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 12 October 1663, EL/P1/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_3/letter-from-pierre-petit-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 20 January 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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Pierre Petit
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Dates: 1613-1740
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