| Reference number | EL/M1/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Lorenzo Magalotti to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Magalotti; Lorenzo (1637-1712); Italian philosopher; author; diplomat; poet |
| Date | 6 June 1668 |
| Description | Sends a package with a paper by Cassini with his observations of the comet; transcribes an extract of a letter from Steno with details of his experiment about tying the artery against the vertebra without opening the animal; Steno also states that the comet had been seen in Livorno
Read to the Royal Society on 4 June 1669 |
| Language | Italian |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| 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 4, p 431 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e0865af3-f3c4-4ba8-8b2d-ea686ba31648 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA6821 | Magalotti; Lorenzo (1637 - ? 1711) | 1637 - ? 1711 |