| Reference number | EL/B2/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Erasmus Bartholin, dated at Copenhagen, to Henry Oldenburg |
| 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 |
| 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 |