| Reference number | EL/S1/68 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich |
| Creator | Sluse; Ren Franois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
| Date | 18 July 1671 |
| Description | Concerning 'Diophantus redivivus' by Jacques de Billy; concerning Gomez Pereira's work and other various printed works; mentioning the spa waters in Germany; concerning a chemical experiment with niter dissolved in water and left on a saucer
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Lige, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.63373, 5.56749 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| 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 8, p 145 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/12dfe4f0-9eb6-4b42-8dbc-a3433c719f44 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |