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Reference numberEL/I1/122
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley
CreatorJustel; Henri (1620-1693); librarian; juror; bibliophile; scholar
Date1688
DescriptionConcerning a recently published book from Paris about China with a description of Peking; concerns heating water using a ball of copper filled with an unspecified material
Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1688
LanguageFrench
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialJBO/8/202
Transcribed in LBO/31/192
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/8504d4e4-ef26-4c8c-a316-037ec85d6a2a
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8423Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer1656 - 1742
NA6104Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian1620 - ? 1693
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