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Observations of travels in the Netherlands and Belgium - for example, a deaf and dumb girl who was taught to speak by Arnand; a physic garden in Amsterdam; dials at Leige and the hope to have a water dial; the eye condition of a five-year-old boy
Read to the Royal Society on 2 August 1699

Reference number
EL/E/10
Earliest possible date
14 July 1699
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Ellis

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Charles Ellis, Extract of a letter, from Revered Charles Ellis to Edward Tyson, 14 July 1699, EL/E/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_e_10/extract-of-a-letter-from-revered-charles-ellis-to-edward-tyson, accessed on 16 November 2025

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  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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