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RefNoEL/L5/37
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TitleLetter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
CreatorLister; Martin (1639-1712); physician and naturalist
Date25 August 1671
DescriptionObservations 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
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
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originYork, North Yorkshire, England
Origin coordinates53.95763, -1.08271
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0050
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1864d136-c365-46ce-adc5-af11cfd1eec0
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8382Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist1639 - 1712
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