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Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton

Reference number: EL/W3/31

Date: 21 June 1669

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States that he believes that sap in plants circulates but that it is hard to prove; states that Brouncker has demonstrated similar things from Wren's theory on the motion of colliding bodies
Read to the Royal Society on 8 July 1669

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EL/W3/31
Earliest possible date
21 June 1669
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Willughby

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Francis Willughby, Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton, 21 June 1669, EL/W3/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_31/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-middleton, accessed on 10 October 2024

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