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Reference numberEL/S1/80
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorSluse; Rene Francois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman
Date8 February 1674
DescriptionAccount of the mines near Aix-la-Chapelle with details of the construction of the ventilation shaft; concerning the effects of the spa waters on those who drink the water; concerning the salt extracted from the spa waters and the composition of some pills believed (wrongly) to have contained the salt

Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1674
LanguageLatin
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 446
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3ba7827e-d446-4ade-868b-d2fb4fafe12a
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA5659Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman1622 - 1685
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