RefNo | EL/OB/91 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 14 April 1668 |
Description | Lists fossils found in Liege; that Dr Needham's letter suggests many good experiments and wants to invite him to the Society; that Boyle's experiments on respiration would be of interest to the Society; that Boyle's experiments on light in shining wood and fish have been featured in the French philosophical journal; Cassini's account of the comet (in Latin); that a stone, over four pounds in weight, had been taken from of a horse |
Language | Latin |
English |
Extent | 3p |
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 4, p 318 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/125150b5-4df5-4304-9402-525bdeb6c561 |
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 |