Reference number | EL/G1/20 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Joseph Glanvill to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Froome |
Creator | Glanvill; Joseph; Rector of the Abbey Church, Bath; philosopher |
Date | 31 January 1670 |
Description | Stating that the woman who had a tumour which produced lots of stones has died (see EL/G1/19 for other information about her); stating that Mr Paschall is investigating the cause of motion of underground water and recounts his observations of a well in Somerset, called the Holy Well; concerning Mr Foster's papers |
Language | English |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Frome, Somerset, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.22834, -2.32211 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 455 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/9e0018f7-8599-4891-9fd2-90e9a31b40e8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8231 | Glanvill; Joseph (1636 - 1680); clergyman | 1636 - 1680 |