Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W1/140

Date: 26 September 1672

Description

Discussing the suspension of quicksilver, purged from air, which was higher than the ordinary standard in theTorricellian experiments

Reference number
EL/W1/140
Earliest possible date
26 September 1672
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Wallis

View page for John Wallis

Use this record

Citation

John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 26 September 1672, EL/W1/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_140/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 06 October 2024

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_w1_140/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford" title="Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

    View collection