| Reference number | CLP/10i/36 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'A further and more exact account of the same' by Reverend George Camelli [Georg Joseph Kamel] to John Ray and James Petiver |
| Date | [1690s] |
| Description | Detailed description of nuces vomicas [nux vomica, also known as strychnine tree] by Camelli [Kamel], a Jesuit missionary based in the Phillippines.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A further and more exact account of the same, sent in a letter from Father Camelli, to Mr. John Ray, and Mr. James Petiver, Fellows of the Royal Society.'
An account by another Jesuit priest sent along with Kamel's letter found at CLP/10i/37. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1699.0019
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 21, no 250, p 88 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/8/63 |
| CLP/10i/37 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6857 | Petiver; James (c1663 - 1718); botanist and entomologist | c1663 - 1718 |
| NA8403 | Ray; John (1627 - 1705) | 1627 - 1705 |