Record

RefNoEL/L5/120
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Edward Lhwyd to Martin Lister, dated at Dol Gelhey
CreatorLhwyd; Edward (1659-1709); naturalist; philologist; keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Date20 January 1694
DescriptionObservations of the effects of burning several hay ricks
Read to the Royal Society on 21 February 1693
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originDolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
Origin coordinates52.7432, -3.88508
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NotesLhwyd also spelt Lloyd and Lhuyd
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 18, no 208, p 49
EL/I1/181 for an account about this from Maurice Jones
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/64d1aef3-6a7a-4121-9f3c-ba40566bee81
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8382Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist1639 - 1712
NA7782Lhuyd; Edward (1660 - 1709); naturalist and antiquary1660 - 1709
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