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Reference numberEL/I1/66
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorJustel; Henri (1620-1693); librarian; juror; bibliophile; scholar
Date23 February 1669
DescriptionStates that Auzout sends some 'Bolognian stone' (phosphorus) to him, but no one knows how to calcine it; political events in Europe, particularly in regard to Sweden, and troops being sent to Crete

Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'
LanguageFrench
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 401
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/abc65538-c1b6-4dd9-a373-4c18e76b6c8e
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA6104Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian1620 - ? 1693
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