Reference number | EL/M1/42 |
Level | Item |
Title | John Muralt, dated at Zurich, to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Muralt; Johann von (1645-1733); physician; professor of medicine and mathematics, Zurich |
Date | 20 December 1676 |
Description | Details about crystal-producing mountains in Switzerland with transcribed extracts of letters from Dr Wepfer and from a physician in Graubundten; gives details about plants and butter found there; concerning Muralt's plans to investigate blood circulation; that books on chyle and milk and lymph and saliva have been obtained Read to the Royal Society on 18 January 1676 |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 7 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Zrich, Zrich Canton, (Swiss Confederation) Switzerland |
Origin coordinates | 47.36667, 8.55 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 156 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bc8c7310-44a6-40e2-9f3f-28ebe16f2f47 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |