| RefNo | EL/M1/56 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Monsieur de Martel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Montauban |
| Creator | Martel; Jean Pierre (fl 1660-1670); Protestant physician |
| Date | 4 December 1669 |
| Description | Hopes that Robert Boyle will be rewarded for his work on nature and wants to be kept informed for his publications; wishes to know if Sylvius has published his method of medicine; discussing work about diseases, old age and death - how wine can fortify the blood; concerning new canals in France; how Muscadin wine is made; account of the coast between Beziers to Narbonne; details about a human heart which was congealed; wishes to know about methods to soften horns to make lanterns and about assaying and smelting minerals |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Montauban, Occitanie, France |
| Origin coordinates | 44.01667, 1.35 |
| 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 6, p 325
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 58, p 1179 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bb4bb127-9285-497a-830f-b87ca0d0ee14 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); natural philosopher and scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |