| Reference number | EL/I1/170 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of a letter, from Francis Jessop to Martin Lister |
| Creator | Jessop; Francis (1638-1694); member of the York virtuosi; mineralogist |
| Date | 1674 |
| Description | Concerns whether 'crooked lines, which have been straightened, could be described geometrically, at least by points, and whether my laws were such as have been taken notice of by others...' ; believes that the white substance (mentioned in EL/I1/170) sent to the Royal Society was bitumen and that if Robert Boyle wished to carry out experiments with it or the 'fungus' (mentioned in EL/I1/170) then he could send some samples; discussing 'ignes fatuus' (fire flies); details about a man who rode into a bog and was surrounded by a blue flame
Original letter was dated 3 February 1674 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/00f67c0e-badc-4c47-9adf-b418f99a3010 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist | 1639 - 1712 |