John Aubrey, F. R. S., John Lydall, and Science at Commonwealth Oxford

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CONSIDERING all the manuscript material which has been scrutinized in the search for evidence bearing upon the origins and early character of the Royal Society, it is mildly surprising that the correspondence of one of its earliest and most enthusiastic members, John Aubrey, should have lain neglected for so long. Among his unpublished papers in the Bodleian Library is a series of letters written to him from Commonwealth Oxford by his friend and scientific mentor, John Lydall, a Fellow of Trinity College. The correspondence is of interest, both because it throws light upon the somewhat shadowy history of the Oxford group which later participated in founding the Royal Society, and because it demonstrates that the Oxford contingent was interested in a range of problems no less empirical, mechanical, and mathematical, than its London counterpart at Gresham College. This in turn bears upon some conflicting views of the roots and essential character of the Society.

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