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TitleLetter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Underwood
CreatorColepresse; Samuel (-1669); clergyman; Medical student; collector
Date7 January 1668
DescriptionAutograph letter where Colepresse sends a box of minerals with instructions about how to examine them; concerning a paper with observations of tides at Plymouth and a paper about slate; gives an account of Mary Bastone who had two thumbs on her right hand
Paper on tides printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 3, no 33, pp 632-633
Paper on slate was printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 50, pp 1009-1011
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originUnderwood, Plympton, Devon
Origin coordinates50.39074, -4.06022
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1668.0006
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1669.0033
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, pp 105-107
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3c17593e-9f8d-4337-b8d9-c5747c43b8f9
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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