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TitleLetter, from Robert Sibbald to Richard Waller, dated at Edinburgh
CreatorSibbald; Sir; Robert (1641-1722); physician; geographer; professor of medicine at Edinburgh; naturalist; antiquary
Date11 July 1693
DescriptionSibbard sends four copies of his paper on whales off the Scottish coast and would like the Society's constructive criticism on it; that he has further observations of fish and seal, or sea calf, which can be sent to the Society; also has a paper on the Isles of Orkney and Shetland with a map which he wants to publish
Read to the Royal Society on 19 July 1693
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originEdinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Origin coordinates55.95206, -3.19648
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c53a3c26-823e-4d27-8600-64da8bd8f78c
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6739Waller; Richard (c1646 - 1715); natural philosopher and translatorc1646 - 1715
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