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Reference numberEL/B2/1
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francois Bayle to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorBayle; Francois (1622-1709); professor, Université de Toulouse; physician
DateJuly 1669
DescriptionAutograph letter about Bayle's invention of a windmill which will be able to raise water; if the Royal Society is interested Bayle will send a diagram; stating that there are other unfinished treatises on motion of liquids in vessels and of solids in liquids
Francis Bayle (1622-1709) was a physician and professor at University of Toulouse
Samuel de Fermat sent this letter (see EL/F1/47)
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialEL/F1/47
Transcribed in LBO/3/136
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 97
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/36c0202d-5ee3-4267-9ac4-d96f07007d18
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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