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  <dc:title>Letter, from Johann Christoph Beckman to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Frankfurt</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter concerning observations of  'osteocolla' (deposit of calcium carbonate encrusted to roots and stems of plants); concerning observations about manna-grass
Beckman travelled in Europe and lectured in Greek and history
Translated in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 3, no 39, pp 771-74</dc:description>
  <dc:date>10 November 1667</dc:date>
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