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Letter, from Elie Richard to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/R1/32

Date: 10 July 1669

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Encloses an account of salt-making process in marshes at La Rochelle, France
Read to the Royal Society on 15 July 1669

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EL/R1/32
Earliest possible date
10 July 1669
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6 pages
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Manuscript
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Elie Richard

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Elie Richard, Letter, from Elie Richard to Henry Oldenburg, 10 July 1669, EL/R1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_32/letter-from-elie-richard-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 25 May 2025

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