Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York

Reference number: EL/L5/34

Date: 14 June 1671

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Observations of the 'Patellae Kermiformes' which have hatched in a box and the larvae produced; observations of glow-worms
Read to the Royal Society on 22 June 1671
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 105
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 73, p 2196

Reference number: EL/L5/34
Earliest possible date: 14 June 1671
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 14 June 1671, EL/L5/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_34/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 10 December 2024

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Extracts of two letters from Mr. Martin Lister to the publisher, of June 14. 1671. and July 5. 1671. concerning kind of insect, hatched of the english kermes, formerly taken notice of and described by the same in numb. 71. p. 2164; as also the use of these purple insect: husks for tinging, together with a comparison made of this english purple-kermes with the Scarlet-kermes of the shops External link, opens in new tab.

Author: Martin Lister

Date: 17th July 1671

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0026

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters L5
1651-1701 Reference number: EL/L5

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