| Reference number | EL/D1/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from William Durston to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Durston; William (fl 1669 - 1670); physician |
| Date | 2 November 1669 |
| Description | Observations of the post-mortem of Elizabeth Travers
Read to the Royal Society on 18 November 1669 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | See EL/D1/11 for the length of linen tape used to measure the length of Travers's breasts
See EL/D1/16 for the linen tape which measured Travers's breadth when she lay down
Transcribed in LBO/3/201
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 307
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 53, p 1068 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e3407c0b-31ee-45ce-a2cf-4e8029023599 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |