Letter, from William Barlow to William Rutty
Reference number: EL/B3/14
Date: 11 May 1729
Description
Autograph letter where the correspondent hoped that the Royal Society would conduct an experiment based on his description of a time keeper, (see EL/B3/15 for description) which was sent in a previous letter; description of a certain man with a possible hernia; sending a specimen taken from the stomach of an ox to the Royal Society
- Reference number
- EL/B3/14
- Earliest possible date
- 11 May 1729
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
William Barlow
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William Barlow, Letter, from William Barlow to William Rutty, 11 May 1729, EL/B3/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_14/letter-from-william-barlow-to-william-rutty, accessed on 07 February 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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William Rutty
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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