| Reference number | EL/W2/42 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | John Wallis, dated at Oxford, to Edmond Halley |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 25 November 1686 |
| Description | Further details about the child with six fingers and toes (mentioned in EL/W2/41), who was called David Richardson, but has now died; concerns carrying out experiments on projected bodies; that Dr Plot has measured a cucumber of nearly four feet in length, which grew in Dr Jacob's garden; discussing remedies for gout, dropsy, rheumatism; account of the eruption of a spring in Yorkshire
Read to the Royal Society on 6 December 1686 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.75222, -1.25596 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | CLP/10i/25 |
| RBO/8/7 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/792e1763-c565-4331-9ecb-c6f0dc954f6a |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |