| Reference number | EL/B3/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Littleton Brown to Cromwell Mortimer |
| Creator | Brown; Littleton (-1749) |
| Date | 9 August 1736 |
| Description | Brown sends an insect, which he cannot identify, to the Royal Society from a pond in Kent
On reverse is a note that Mr Klein had sent a figure and description of a similar insect found in East Prussia in November 1729 and read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1730 which he calls 'scolopendra aquatica scutata' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2 side |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 447, p 153 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/abcab2dd-1cc7-4dc2-809b-0d2fa3676ba5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |