RefNo | EL/OB/55 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 18 September 1666 |
Description | States that William Brouncker would like Boyle's experiments sent to him; concerning Oldenburg's personal finances as a widower; concerns the stationers at St Paul's after the Great Fire; states that Christopher Wren has drawn a model for a new city of London and put it before the King; Oldenburg states that the model should have come before the Royal Society first; that Parliament has been adjourned; that the French fleet is at the Isle of Wight |
Language | English |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | London, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 229 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/076cd5b2-37f7-41e3-9127-32227f5f5d9e |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |