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Letter, from Robert Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Dublin

Reference number: EL/S1/13

Date: 17 June 1663

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Conveying William Petty's comments on William Brouncker's flat-bottomed ship

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EL/S1/13
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17 June 1663
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Southwell

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Sir; Robert Southwell

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Robert Southwell, Sir; Robert Southwell, Letter, from Robert Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Dublin, 17 June 1663, EL/S1/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_13/letter-from-robert-southwell-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 14 June 2025

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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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