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Reference numberEL/OB/13
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle, dated at London
CreatorOldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent
Date22 September 1664
DescriptionConcerning production of the Book of Colours and that Mr Crook is ready to print the Book of Cold; concerning a Turkish translation of the Bible; that Hevelius is grateful for his election to the Fellowship; transcribes part of a letter from Hevelius to Wallis about his observations of the solar eclipse; that Monseiur Bley attended a meeting and was impressed with the experiments to break the steel cylinder with Prince Rupert's powder, machines for raising water and other experiments; in postscript de la Quintiny will be sending melon seeds
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 233
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ad89f913-2821-49aa-a964-a65dad1f8cc2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8137Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist1627 - 1691
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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