| RefNo | EL/I1/76 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Justel; Henri (1620-1693); librarian; juror; bibliophile; scholar |
| Date | 28 August 1675 |
| Description | States that he will be receiving a penknife from Germany, which is partly made from gold and iron, with a treatise on how to make it; notices from Tittel in Leipzig eg. his machine for making parabolic lenses has not been successful, that he knows how to liquify amber; concerning his mathemathical instrument which can solve geometrical and arithmetical propositions without using a compass |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 456
LBO/31/149 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2d5eee52-97fe-40c0-9646-a1a350783a3e |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
| NA6104 | Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian | 1620 - ? 1693 |