Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/31
Date: 22 May 1671
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Signed autograph
Observations of the husks of the insect Kermes on Plume trees
Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1671
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 57
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- EL/L5/31
- Earliest possible date
- 22 May 1671
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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 York, 22 May 1671, EL/L5/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_31/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 19 July 2026
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