| Reference number | EL/L5/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York |
| Creator | Lister; Martin (1639-1712); physician and naturalist |
| Date | 15 February 1670 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Glad that his box has arrived; observations of the 'Viviparous Fly' and the insect 'Julus'; further observations of experiments about the motion of sap in sycamore, walnut and maple; questions whether sap moves in plants and outlines an experiment to determine this with 'Cataputia minor Lob' (spurge); concerning the colours of vegetables and animals and whether salts are responsible for changing colours; observations of the colours of flowers; considers how to fix colours, especially black which was from an English vegetable
Read to the Royal Society on 23 February 1670
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 457
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 70, pp 2121-2123 and pp 2132-36 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | York, North Yorkshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 53.95763, -1.08271 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0007; DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0009 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/17f28092-f28f-4891-95f1-c2e6189d7d93 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist | 1639 - 1712 |