Reference number | EL/OB/48 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 6 March 1666 |
Description | Concerning delivery of treatises; states that Wallis has promised to write his observations of an earthquake for 'Philosophical Transactions' and asks for Boyle's observations on the baroscope for the same publication; concerns printing 'History of Cold'; concerning Jews in the Middle East who hope to be given back their lands (transcribes extract of letters from Jews and Christians on this topic in French) |
Language | French |
English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
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 3, p 48 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/538139d0-9379-45e0-9a15-62eff9ebb1df |
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 |