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LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Ray [to the Royal Society]
CreatorRay; John (1627-1705); naturalist; theologian
Datend
DescriptionAccount of pismires (type of ant) staining flowers; experiments with spirit of salt and oil of sulphur on the colour of chicory flowers and other flowers; details of spider hanging on its thread
Note reads: ' This letter come inclosed in Mr Willughby's of 13 January 1671'
Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1670
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 384
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/da6692c5-3354-4564-b33f-458dae63bd89
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8403Ray; John (1627 - 1705)1627 - 1705
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