Reference number | EL/C1/5 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway |
Creator | Childrey; Joshua (1623-1670); antiquary; astrologer |
Date | 14 April 1669 |
Description | Autograph letter with details of experiments with quicksilver and experiments about striking fires |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Upwey, Dorset, England |
Origin coordinates | 50.66031, -2.46824 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in LBO/3/65 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 488 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/8c85a14c-65b1-499c-82c4-6af5b9204020 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |