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RefNoEL/B1/115
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Borelli to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Brutius
CreatorBorelli; Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679); Italian physiologist; physicist; mathematician
Date20 April 1673
DescriptionBorelli discusses Leibniz's 'Hypothesis physica nova' and states that new discoveries have been made about Mount Etna, which he will send at a later date
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originCalabria, Italy
Origin coordinates39, 16.5
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/6/90
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 579
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/96c23d42-748f-40ec-8cef-ca1b5c2cd905
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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