Paper, 'The historie of the generation and ordering of the green oysters commonly call'd Colnchester [sic] oysters' by Colonel [Samuel] Tuke
Reference number: CLP/15i/5
Date: 1662
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Tuke presents observations on oysters (Ostreidae), with a focus on the catching of oysters in Port Burnham, Maldon [England]. He writes about how it is considered a felony to dredge for oysters outside of the month of May.
Subject: Zoology
Read to the Royal Society on 17 December 1662
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- CLP/15i/5
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- 1662
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- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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Samuel Tuke, Paper, 'The historie of the generation and ordering of the green oysters commonly call'd Colnchester [sic] oysters' by Colonel [Samuel] Tuke, 1662, CLP/15i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_5/paper-the-historie-of-the-generation-and-ordering-of-the-green-oysters-commonly-calld-colnchester-sic-oysters-by-colonel-samuel-tuke, accessed on 21 January 2026
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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