| RefNo | EL/OB/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London |
| Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
| Date | 24 November 1664 |
| Description | Concerns the need to register the time of new experiments; that the Florentine experiments are promised; praise of Mr Hand's dissection and observations; concerning publication of 'Journal de Scavans'; that Mr Spratt is ready to print the history of the Society with details about its contents; concerning icebergs, tides, the indigenous people in Greenland; concerning experiments of refraction with different liquids and solids; concerning an account by Robert Hooke about dissection of the viper; concerning the president's account of the Antipascalian book; concerning Parliament's preparations for the war |
| Language | French |
| English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | London, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 319 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f93f221d-5223-427f-839e-e73c22de4334 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |