| Reference number | EL/C1/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway near Weymouth |
| Creator | Childrey; Joshua (1623-1670); 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 |