Reference number | EL/OB/88 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Boyle |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | nd |
Description | Discussing work by an Ethiopian gentleman on his 'menstruum'; about the treatise of a Frenchman on several topics eg a plough without oxen or horses and that he will not meddle with the Philosopher's stone; concerning delivery of books |
Language | 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 1, p 440 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/44c12fa5-6bcb-4dca-8bdc-a1924f6eeea1 |
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 |