Reference number | EL/C1/8 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway near Weymouth |
Creator | Childrey; Joshua (1625-1670); antiquary; astrologer |
Date | 29 March 1670 |
Description | Autograph letter concerning a supposed shower of blood in Apsam in Devon; Childrey's reservations about Dr Wallis's paper on the tides of the sea; observations made about the shifting tides in the Thames |
Language | English |
Extent | 1p |
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/28/215 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 603 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e26cd37a-efb3-484a-811c-4da4552d2c8b |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |