Reference number | EL/S1/57 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich |
Creator | Sluse; Rene Francois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
Date | 7 March 1669 |
Description | Concerning mathematical books; concerning Kircher's experiment to protect vines by mixing coal with oil and that Slusius might carry out a trial of it; concerning samples of James Gregory's work; enquiry about whether Thomas Hobbes is still alive |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Lige, Wallonia, Belgium |
Origin coordinates | 50.63373, 5.56749 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 416 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1e62b902-587f-49be-978c-032bf47b3a99 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |