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Letter, from Edward Lhwyd to Martin Lister, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/L5/122

Date: 01 January 1693

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Relating to the letter about the effects of burning hay ricks, Lhwyd sends an account of a shower of ash resembling caterpillars in Wales, which occurred in 1601, from a manuscript
Read to the Royal Society on 14 March 1693

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EL/L5/122
Earliest possible date
01 January 1693
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Edward Lhuyd

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Edward Lhuyd, Letter, from Edward Lhwyd to Martin Lister, dated at Oxford, 01 January 1693, EL/L5/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_122/letter-from-edward-lhwyd-to-martin-lister-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 04 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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