| RefNo | EL/B3/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Littleton Brown to Cromwell Mortimer |
| Creator | Brown; Littleton (1699-1749); Cleric; botanist |
| Date | 9 August 1736 |
| Description | Brown sends an insect, which he cannot identify, to the Royal Society from a pond in Kent
On reverse is a note that Mr Klein had sent a figure and description of a similar insect found in East Prussia in November 1729 and read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1730 which he calls 'scolopendra aquatica scutata'
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 447, p 153 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0032 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/abcab2dd-1cc7-4dc2-809b-0d2fa3676ba5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |