| RefNo | EL/P1/82 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Platt to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Florence |
| Creator | Platt; Thomas (fl 1672) |
| Date | 6 August 1672 |
| Description | Concerning experiments to show the effects of vipers' poison on animals by Redi and by Francini; the views of de la Chambre on the same subject; concerning a new tuning of the ancient 'lira viol' with 13 strings by Pietro Saluetti; Saluetti also replicated Newton's optic experiments |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
| Origin coordinates | 43.76667, 11.25 |
| 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 9, p 181
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 87, p 5060 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2cd7a71d-8caa-408a-acb8-bcbd5a972c32 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |