| Reference number | EL/W2/68 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Wallis to Edward Tyson |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 1700 |
| Description | Discussing digestive systems of different animals and about humans being carnivores
Wallis had copied Tyson's letter to him on this matter
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1700 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 269, p 769 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/87a22a69-7991-4814-a35c-1885965f9284 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7032 | Tyson; Edward (1651 - 1708); physician and anatomist | 1651 - 1708 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |