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RefNoEL/B1/138
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Palmanova, Friuli
CreatorBrowne; Edward (1644-1708); physician; traveller
Date15 June 1669
DescriptionPaper in the form of a letter - Account of quicksilver mines near Idria
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1669
Transcribed in LBO/3/92, printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 54, pp 1080-83.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originPalmanova, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Origin coordinates45.9054, 13.30998
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1669.0053
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 10
RelatedRecordLBO/3/92
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/b7cf2c1f-ce20-4358-9cde-4f0f513047aa
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA3343Brown; Edward (1644 - 1708); physician1644 - 1708
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