Reference number | EL/C1/87 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from George Cotton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rome |
Creator | Cotton; George (1636-1697); English Jesuit |
Date | 17 August 1669 |
Description | Autograph letter Cotton provides some details about the eruption of Mount Etna but says that Lord Winchelsea can give a better eye-witness account. He says that he will send on some stone and ash from Etna. Cotton also makes observations about large hail stones which fell near Siena |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Rome, Latium, Italy |
Origin coordinates | 41.89193, 12.51133 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in LBO/28/377 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 187 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ecc9a09a-5f00-4d81-90a7-4759dc7258bd |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |