| RefNo | EL/K/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Christopher Kirkby to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Kirkby; Christopher (fl 1668-1696); alchemist; merchant |
| Date | 1671 |
| Description | Concerns purchasing a microscope for Johannes Hevelius; details about a woman whose left kidney had large stones and the right one was petrified; details of the post-mortem of a man who had consumption from his childhood |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| 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 5, p 540
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 71, p 2158 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3e59b020-da92-4439-8e83-2dac8aa58582 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |