| Reference number | EL/O2/163 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to James Grandi, dated at London |
| Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
| Date | 6 October 1676 |
| Description | Thanks Grandi for his correspondence about the human foetus forced out through an abscess and about an eight-month embryo formed in the Fallopian tube; that Boyle had published a treatise on the 'Mechanical origin of qualities' and a discourse about the chemist's doctrine of qualities; concerning Glisson's work on 'natural perception'; discussing the work of Leibniz - that he hoped to reduce the whole of mechanics to geometry and that the definition of problems concerning elasticity and hydraulics etc are within his power |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | London, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
| 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 94 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ccfa262e-bfe5-4cd5-b735-831fffb2476f |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3371 | Grandi; Jacobus (1646 - 1691); physician and author | 1646 - 1691 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |