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RefNoEL/N1/28
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Walter Needham to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorNeedham; Walter (1632-1691); physician and anatomist
Date10 March 1667
DescriptionExploring the nature of respiration and discussing Hooke's experiment of blowing air into animals' lungs with bellows; also about inflating the collapsed lungs of the foetus
Read to the Royal Society on 23 April 1668
LanguageEnglish
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 237
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/5f32c67c-7c70-4d85-aefb-c814f02ffd1b
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA4965Needham; Walter (? 1631 - 1691); physician and anatomist? 1631 - 1691
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