RefNo | EL/M1/32 |
Level | Item |
Title | Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Balthazar de] Monconys to Robert Moray |
Creator | Monconys; Balthazar de (1611-1665); French diplomat; natural philosopher; magistrate |
Date | 1664 |
Description | Details of Monsieur Monconys's travels to Magdeburg and Italy: concerning Gene's experiments to show the electric force of the air; concerning Gene's thermometer; concerning experiments with gold; details of a child who cannot read or write but can answer difficult questions of arithematic; that Monconys had seen the bones and teeth of an elephant of Hannibal and about flint and black coral in Italy
Note at end reads: 'not entred [in the Letter Book]' |
Language | French |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original is EL/M1/30 English translation is EL/M1/31 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f912e6e2-38a5-460e-8376-75c7ca0c0b32 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |