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Reference numberEL/C1/8
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Joshua Childrey to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Upway near Weymouth
CreatorChildrey; Joshua (1625-1670); antiquary; astrologer
Date29 March 1670
DescriptionAutograph 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
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originUpwey, Dorset, England
Origin coordinates50.66031, -2.46824
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed 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 descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e26cd37a-efb3-484a-811c-4da4552d2c8b
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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