RefNo | EL/W4/6 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty |
Creator | Wolff; Christian von (1679-1754); German philosopher; mathematician |
Date | 3 March 1731 |
Description | Sends second part of 'Cosmologia generalis'; account of a post-mortem of a man who died from a stone falling on his stomach, with particular details about his ruptured intestine Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1731 |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | English translation see EL/W4/7 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 445, p 61 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/16/64 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2df062d0-f937-4923-bb85-b2c981260f9b |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA518 | Rutty; William (1687 - 1730) | 1687 - 1730 |
NA805 | Wolff; Christian (1679 - 1754); Freiherr von | 1679 - 1754 |