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Letter, from Philip Jacob Sachs [von Lewenheimb] to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Breslau

Reference number: EL/S1/32

Date: 01 January 1665

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Praising the foundation of the Royal Society and that a comparative body had been established in Germany; concerning a paper on shellfish

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EL/S1/32
Earliest possible date
01 January 1665
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Philipp Jakob Sachs von Lewenheimb

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Philipp Jakob Sachs von Lewenheimb, Letter, from Philip Jacob Sachs [von Lewenheimb] to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Breslau, 01 January 1665, EL/S1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_32/letter-from-philip-jacob-sachs-von-lewenheimb-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-breslau, accessed on 08 July 2025

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