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

Reference number: EL/S1/34

Date: 01 January 1671

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Wishing to reprint articles from 'Philosophical Transactions' into 'Miscellanea curiosa'; concerning the experiment on the acidic power of ants turning blue colours into red; lists the contents of a tract of Marcus Marci, physician of Prague, on impulse and gravity

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EL/S1/34
Earliest possible date
01 January 1671
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4 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 1671, EL/S1/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_34/letter-from-philip-jacob-sachs-von-lewenheimb-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-breslau, accessed on 16 July 2025

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