Letter, from Johann Christoph Beckman to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Frankfurt

Reference number: EL/B1/128

Date: 10 November 1667

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Autograph letter concerning observations of 'osteocolla' (deposit of calcium carbonate encrusted to roots and stems of plants); concerning observations about manna-grass
Beckman travelled in Europe and lectured in Greek and history
Translated in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 3, no 39, pp 771-74

Reference number: EL/B1/128
Earliest possible date: 10 November 1667
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Johann Christoph Beckman

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Johann Christoph Beckman, Letter, from Johann Christoph Beckman to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Frankfurt, 10 November 1667, EL/B1/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_128/letter-from-johann-christoph-beckman-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-frankfurt, accessed on 02 December 2024

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An extract of a letter written from Franckfurt in the oder, by the learned Professor Johannes Christophorus Beckman to the publisher, concerning osteocolla, and some other observables in those parts; Englished out of the High-Dutch, as follows External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1668

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1668.0039

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B1
1659-1675 Reference number: EL/B1

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