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Reference numberEL/W3/34
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton
CreatorWillughby; Francis (1632-1672); English natural scientist
Date16 April 1670
DescriptionConcerning the movement of sap in sycamores after a frost; concerning the metamorphosis of caterpillars; concerning starfish from New England; states that there is no oak growing wild in England unless it is the 'Ilex coccifera'
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originMiddleton Hall, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
Origin coordinates52.63399, -1.69587
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 635
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 5, no 58, p 1201
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fa905018-99bd-45c9-8bbf-a8cc0dfc4329
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8374Willughby; Francis (1635 - 1672); naturalist1635 - 1672
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