RefNo | EL/OB/58 |
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 | 16 October 1666 |
Description | Concerning queries about mines for 'Philosophical Transactions'; states that he will write to John Beale with queries about petrification and if there are any petrified springs in his neighbourhood; states that the stationers and printers have not, as yet, been able to resume trade after the Great Fire implying that it will be difficult to persuade them to print the 'Philosophical Transactions'; concerns rebuilding London after the Great Fire; discussing the political consequences following the death sentence of Monsieur Buat; transcribes an extract of a letter in French about how to govern Paris |
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 3, p 244 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/00689d09-148c-406b-a122-705fe2fb7aa1 |
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 |