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LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Willis to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorWillis; Thomas (1621-1675); physician; natural philosopher; Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford
Date1667
DescriptionAnalysis of a powder which was sent to him
Read to the Royal Society on 12 December 1667
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 33
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/443c4f6f-b1ca-45f0-9590-8b6e90375803
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8032Willis; Thomas (1621 - 1675); physician and natural philosopher1621 - 1675
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