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RefNoEL/C1/108
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Cornelio to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Naples
CreatorCornelio; Tommaso (1614-1684); Italian physician; mathematician; philosopher; Professor of Theoretical Medicine and Mathematics, Naples
Date1672
DescriptionAutograph letter
Cornelio believes that nature should be investigated by experiment, endorsing the view of the Royal Society, and he thanks the Royal Society for inviting him to join the Fellowship
Read to the Royal Society on 24 April 1672
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originNaples, Campania, Italy
Origin coordinates40.83333, 14.25
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/5/179
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 558
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e4aef7f7-512e-4833-8015-75bd76541feb
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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