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

Reference number: EL/W3/38

Date: 23 July 1669

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Thinking of ways to transcribe experiments about the motion of colliding bodies; concerning a type of alga which is found on English coasts

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EL/W3/38
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23 July 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, 23 July 1669, EL/W3/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_38/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-middleton, accessed on 13 January 2025

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