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RefNoEL/C1/106
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Cornelio to John Dodington, dated at Naples
CreatorCornelio; Tommaso (1614-1684); Italian physician; mathematician; philosopher; Professor of Theoretical Medicine and Mathematics, Naples
Date29 January 1672
DescriptionAutograph letter
Concerning Cornelio's observations of tarantulas in Apulia, Italy
Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1672
LanguageItalian
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originNaples, Campania, Italy
Origin coordinates40.83333, 14.25
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 496
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/521923c4-bf88-42f0-8487-4bd5126e42be
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