| RefNo | EL/W3/70 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Richard Waller to Hans Sloane |
| Creator | Waller; Richard (1660-1715); natural philosopher and translator |
| Date | 5 October 1707 |
| Description | Concerns publishing papers by Hooke, particularly the ones about improving telescopes and microscopes; has thought about names for plants but feels that a more skilful botantist would be better; gives an account of how a man and his sister, who are both deaf, communicate with each other
Read to the Royal Society on 22 October 1707 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/922b98b9-37f9-4560-8359-3b803cf43dbc |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |
| NA6739 | Waller; Richard (c1646 - 1715); natural philosopher and translator | c 1646 - 1715 |