Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/43
Date: 24 February 1671
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Signed autograph
Discussing whether the tarantula is a phalangium, commenting on Cornelio's theory of the bites of tarantula
Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1671
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 555
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- EL/L5/43
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- 24 February 1671
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 24 February 1671, EL/L5/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_43/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 02 December 2024
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