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RefNoEL/L5/66
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
CreatorLister; Martin (1639-1712); physician and naturalist
Date7 January 1673
DescriptionSigned autograph
Two transcribed extracts from letters from Jessop: one concerning a straight line being equal to a curved one; the another about subterraneous hot air and fungus from caves and mines
Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1673
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 424
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originYork, North Yorkshire, England
Origin coordinates53.95763, -1.08271
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordEL/L5/68
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/7e0b0422-c28b-4129-b1f1-38884b5cd163
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8382Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist1639 - 1712
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