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RefNoEL/W3/31
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton
CreatorWillughby; Francis (1632-1672); English natural scientist
Date21 June 1669
DescriptionStates that he believes that sap in plants circulates but that it is hard to prove; states that Brouncker has demonstrated similar things from Wren's theory on the motion of colliding bodies
Read to the Royal Society on 8 July 1669
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originMiddleton Hall, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Origin coordinates52.63399, -1.69587
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 63
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/99fa3792-f17f-4f96-b5bf-dc5bee88e74b
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8374Willughby; Francis (1635 - 1672); naturalist1635 - 1672
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