Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton
Reference number: EL/W3/31
Date: 21 June 1669
Description
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, 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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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Henry Oldenburg
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Francis Willughby
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