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Letter, from Thomas Tenison to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/T/36

Date: 04 March 1670

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Tenison sends his paper about Hobbes' work; believes that his circumstances will prevent him from contributing to knowledge about nature; that he had found some figured stones

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EL/T/36
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04 March 1670
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Thomas Tenison

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Thomas Tenison, Letter, from Thomas Tenison to Henry Oldenburg, 04 March 1670, EL/T/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_36/letter-from-thomas-tenison-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 15 January 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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