Reference number | EL/OB/77 |
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 | 14 January 1667 |
Description | States that Hooke's account about measuring air pressure at sea is attached (see EL/OB/76); concerning Willis's powders from Bristol which can make 'Spaw-water'; concerning Merret's paper entitled 'Simple extract of St Vincent's water' made with vitriolate juice; transcribing part of Michael Behm's letter (in Latin) about his views on Boyle's works on colour and fluidity (see EL/B1/126 for original); concerns printing Boyle's 'Hydrostatical paradoxes'; concerns establishing a residence for the Society - appointing a Committee of Beggars and wishing Robert Moray to canvass in Scotland |
Language | Latin |
English |
Extent | 5p |
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 4, p 109 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0b33792d-d1b1-4555-8d26-2c044c36549f |
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 |