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Reference numberEL/F1/17
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Nathaniel Fairfax to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Woodbridge
CreatorFairfax; Nathaniel (1637-1690); physician; divine
Date17 July 1668
DescriptionSigned autograph
Further details about the water clock and says that Captain Slater is sending an account of it; discussing Cave Beck's work 'Universal character'
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originWoodbridge, Suffolk, England
Origin coordinates52.09332, 1.32042
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 554
Related records in the catalogueCLP/16/1
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/de1168f0-4210-410c-a236-958d99554173
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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