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RefNoEL/B1/91
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorBoyle; Robert (1627-1691); natural philosopher
Date24 September 1665
DescriptionAutograph letter concerning Signor Borhi's antidote against the plague; concerning Boyle's experiments to find the weight of a cubic inch of water; concerning an Italian translation of 'History of Cold'
Oldenburg has added notes to this letter
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/28/33
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 521
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/022bb528-54fe-4185-b822-4a2dc543f0d0
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8137Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist1627 - 1691
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