| Reference number | EL/N1/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Richard Norwood to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Sommers Island |
| Creator | Norwood; Richard (1590-1675); English mathematician; diver; surveyor |
| Date | 16 July 1668 |
| Description | Concerning work on lenses for telescopes; suggesting correspondence with Richard Stafford and Francis Lovelace, governor of New York; details about establishing a school in Bermuda and asks for help to keep it going
Read to the Royal Society on 12 November 1668 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Bermuda |
| Origin coordinates | 32.33333, -64.75 |
| 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 & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 547 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0da6138a-1313-4edb-a114-a054e1a48172 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |