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RefNoEL/W3/45
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton
CreatorWillughby; Francis (1632-1672); English natural scientist
Date24 August 1671
DescriptionStates that Lister's opinion that 'musca icneumones' lay their eggs in the bodies of caterpillars is probably true, but difficult to prove; discusses icneumon wasps and their breeding
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1617
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originMiddleton Hall, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Origin coordinates52.63399, -1.69587
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 209
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3ae91495-d0c8-4633-b2cd-f6aa7a6ec97b
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8374Willughby; Francis (1635 - 1672); naturalist1635 - 1672
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