Reference number | EL/C1/3 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway near Weymouth |
Creator | Childrey; Joshua (1625-1670); antiquary; astrologer |
Date | 9 February 1669 |
Description | Autograph letter with observations of a mineral well in Dorset; observations of the tide at Weymouth, Dorset; observations of a boy with five fingers and one thumb Read to the Royal Society on 4 March 1669 |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in LBO/3/24 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 384 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/40816447-394c-49a1-9a31-30b77e1e4488 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |