Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Carlton in Craven
Reference number: EL/L5/20
Date: 09 August 1670
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Signed autograph
Determining who was the first person to observe the darting of spiders in making webs
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 104
B&W negative of last page, Box N101. IM/005321
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- EL/L5/20
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- 09 August 1670
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Carlton in Craven, 09 August 1670, EL/L5/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_20/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-carlton-in-craven, accessed on 17 March 2026
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Martin Lister
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