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EL - 'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
- B2 - Early Letters B2

Reference number	EL/B2/19
Level	Item
Title	Letter, from Erasmus Bartholin to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen
Creator	Bartholin; Erasmus (1625-1698); Danish mathematician
Date	22 December 1675
Description	Autograph letter enclosing answers, provided by the Bishop of Iceland, to certain questions about Iceland which had been sent in a previous letter A list of 27 answers is attached Matters range from geography, geology, meteorology, horticulture and the husbandry of Iceland Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1675
Language	Latin
Extent	7p
Format	Manuscript
Place origin	Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Origin coordinates	55.67594, 12.56553
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
Access status	Open
Related material	Transcribed in LBO/7/182 Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', edited and translated by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 12, p 103
URL description	Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
URL	http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/b7da486d-0b5a-40da-963b-e5dbe6a9187d

Fellows associated with this archive

Code	Name	Dates
NA8001	Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent	c1619 - 1677

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