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Reference numberEL/H3/12
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen
CreatorHenshaw; Thomas (1618-1700); alchemist; writer
Date6 July 1672
DescriptionStates that he will answer any queries about Iceland; discussing Olaus Wormius's 'De Mure Norvagico' (about lemmings - arctic rodent)
Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1672
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originCopenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Origin coordinates55.67594, 12.56553
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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 9, p 144
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/7107091e-369c-4863-8fa5-cd7658245305
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8237Henshaw; Thomas (1618 - 1700); alchemist and writer1618 - 1700
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