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Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/S1/80

Date: 08 February 1674

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Account of the mines near Aix-la-Chapelle with details of the construction of the ventilation shaft; concerning the effects of the spa waters on those who drink the water; concerning the salt extracted from the spa waters and the composition of some pills believed (wrongly) to have contained the salt

Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1674

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EL/S1/80
Earliest possible date
08 February 1674
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Renatus Franciscus Slusius

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Rene Francois de Sluse

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Renatus Franciscus Slusius, Rene Francois de Sluse, Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, 08 February 1674, EL/S1/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_80/letter-from-renatus-slusius-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 March 2026

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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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