| Reference number | EL/B1/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Beale; John (1608-1683); Church of England clergyman; writer on agriculture and natural philosophy |
| Date | 28 May 1668 |
| Description | Autograph letter concerning the scheme of magnetical variations sent by Captain Samuel Sturmy. The observations were taken on 13 June 1666 in the presence of Mr Staynred at Rownham Meadows near Bristol.
Table attached.
Sturmy (1633-1669) worked in the West Indies [Caribbean] trade from Bristol and then settled there as a mathematical practitioner and teacher
Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1668 |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Copied into LBO/27/453
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, pp 424-427 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d4b5aa15-85d4-4dbc-b454-bae1ab56c401 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |