| Reference number | EL/T/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Silas Taylor [to the Royal Society] |
| Creator | Taylor; Silas (1624-1678); parliamentarian army officer; antiquary |
| Date | 14 July 1663 |
| Description | Concerns cider-making: varieties of apples in Herefordshire (pippins, pearmaines, redstrakes) and a pear (Bareland) in Hereford and Worcestershire; about yield and taste; method for making cider
Figure of a barrel in text
Raed to the Royal Society on 22 July 1663 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 81 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/99235c0a-4ec0-4dfc-a748-2eb75603e38a |