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Reference numberEL/B1/135
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Vienna
CreatorBrowne; Edward (1644-1708); physician; traveller
Date20 April 1669
DescriptionAutograph letter with observations of copper, silver and goldmines visited in Hungary
Read to the Royal Society on 3 June 1669
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originVienna, Wien, (Austrian Imperial Circle) Austria, (Holy Roman Empire)
Origin coordinates48.20849, 16.37208
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 477
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/feaa496d-f3b0-4bda-82c1-1616a25e615b
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA3343Brown; Edward (1644 - 1708); physician1644 - 1708
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