| RefNo | EL/S1/80 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Sluse; Ren Franois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
| Date | 8 February 1674 |
| Description | Account of the mines near Aix-la-Chapelle with details of the construction of the ventilation shaft; concerning the effects of the spa waters on those who drink the water; concerning the salt extracted from the spa waters and the composition of some pills believed (wrongly) to have contained the salt
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1674 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 446 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3ba7827e-d446-4ade-868b-d2fb4fafe12a |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |