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Reference numberEL/B1/71
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TitleLetter, from John Beale at Yeovil to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Yeovil, Somerset
CreatorBeale; John (1608-1683); Church of England clergyman; writer on agriculture and natural philosophy
Date5 June 1676
DescriptionBeale sends a piece by Mr Strode, 'A short treatise of the Combinations, Elections, Permutations and Composition of Quantities', which is ready to be published
Note, in another hand, is concerned with mathematicians, eg. Drs Wally, Barrows, Baker, who have made contributions to algebra
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originYeovil, Somerset, England
Origin coordinates50.94159, -2.63211
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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 12, pp 328-329
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c6e29cf7-8c4d-40b8-b837-e6f30a7e0c75
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA3355Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writerc1608 - c1683
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