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Reference numberEL/W3/47
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Robert Wittie to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
CreatorWittie; Robert (1613-1684); English physician
Date4 July 1670
DescriptionConcerning the black sediment produced from the crystallisation of water from the spa in Scarborough; states that he will speak about a petrified well at Knaresborough called the 'dropping well'
Read to the Royal Society on 21 July 1670
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originYork, North Yorkshire, England
Origin coordinates53.95763, -1.08271
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 52
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/a89bef31-df25-4c59-ac0a-e039af30364a
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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