Reference number | EL/B1/86 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Robert Boyle to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Boyle; Robert (1627-1691); natural philosopher |
Date | 23 July 1665 |
Description | Autograph letter concerning grass found in the wind-pipes of a sheep and an ox; experiments carried out with Dr Lower to clarify this finding Transcribed into LBO/28/6 See 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 6, pp 100-101 for Dr Wallis's paper about this |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0045 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, pp 444-445 |
Related records in the catalogue | LBO/28/6 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/b7cd37a7-9a11-40e5-8c54-e4b7507bf601 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |