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RefNoEL/A/36
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from St George Ashe to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at Trinity College Dublin
Date27 April 1686
DescriptionConcerning experiments to inject a dog with brandy and water; concerning the mathematical ability of an eleven year old girl; consideration of Mr Hooke's level which Mr Molyneux demonstrated at the meeting of the Philosophical Society of Dublin
Ashe thanks the Royal Society for his election, and the election of Molyneux, as Fellows to the Society
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1686
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originTrinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland
Origin coordinates53.33306, -6.24889
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordLBO/10/107
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/7287dc06-16db-4544-8d22-59f626ae81c8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5799Ashe; St George (1658 - 1718); Bishop of Derry and scholar1658 - 1718
NA5638Molyneux; William (1656 - 1698); natural philosopher and writer1656 - 1698
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
NA5147Gale; Thomas (c1636 - 1702); scholar and antiquarianc1636 - 1702
NA6114Hoskyns; Sir; John (1634 - 1705); lawyer and natural philosopher1634 - 1705
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