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RefNoEL/T/13
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francisco Travagino to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Venice
CreatorTravagino; Francesco (1623-1678); learned physicist; doctor
Date26 June 1675
DescriptionTravagino outlines his method for changing mercury into a kind of silver which occurred twice with observations of how it congealed
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1675
LanguageLatin
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Place originVenice, Veneto, Italy
Origin coordinates45.43861, 12.32667
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 350
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3ec9302d-2cb3-4e75-b33d-bb32f349d5f9
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA927Travagino; Francesco (c 1623 -1678); mathematician and physicianc 1623 -1678
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