| Reference number | EL/OB/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London |
| Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
| Date | 1 September 1664 |
| Description | Concerning political events in Europe; states that merchants have found the North-East passage to China; concerning the East Indian company; details of experiments at Gresham college - finding velocity of a bullet and time of falling bodies in water; that experiments about falling bodies were carried out at St Paul's; concerning Zulichem's system of Saturn confirmed with good glasses and about his new pendulum for longitude; about the post-chariot which will travel from Paris to Bordeaux in 4.5 days; list of enquiries concerning meadows and arable in England by the Committee of Agriculture |
| Language | French |
| English |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | London, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
| 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 2, p 222 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/33c04db9-669f-41d4-8e8d-ebe87ea29b3b |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |