| RefNo | EL/P1/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Pierre Petit to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Petit; Pierre (1594-1677); engineer; physicist; astronomer; mathematician; instrument builder |
| Date | 12 October 1663 |
| Description | Wishing to know about Samuel Sorbiere's relations with the Society when he last visited London; concerning work on a machine to raise water and about a glass pump; concerning operations to remove bladder-stones
Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1663 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 115 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/30abcace-2b07-4954-a7f4-4ef07e24fa56 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
| NA4518 | Petit; Pierre (? 1594 - 1677); engineer and astronomer | ? 1594 - 1677 |