Reference number | EL/B1/49 |
Level | Item |
Title | Account of farming in the eastern parts of Devonshire by unknown author |
Date | c 1664 |
Description | An account of preparing land for cereal crops and destroying furze John Beale adds, in his own hand, about destroying weeds, which he signs Paper is endorsed by Beale stating: 'Devonshire. This from a gentleman of very good rate dwelling on the East side of Exeter about 4 miles distance from Exeter to JB' Henry Oldenburg also endorses the paper: 'Answer to the Agriculture inquiry concerning part of Devonshire, sent by Dr Beale to H Oldenburg' |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Copied into LBO/27/442 Transcribed into 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, pp 258-261 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |