Reference number | EL/L5/37 |
Level | Item |
Title | Martin Lister, dated at York, to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Lister; Martin (1639-1712); physician and naturalist |
Date | 25 August 1671 |
Description | Observations of insects that smell of musk; observations of caterpillars; observations of healing cut eyes with the juice of the herb Celandine; observations of petrified shells from English quarries and states that he will send some specimens of English cockle stones Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671 |
Language | English |
Extent | 4 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | York, North Yorkshire, England |
Origin coordinates | 53.95763, -1.08271 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 212 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 76, p 2281 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1864d136-c365-46ce-adc5-af11cfd1eec0 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712) | 1639 - 1712 |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |