Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/52
Date: 08 January 1672
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Observations of veins from transverse cuts of plants; discovery of the membrane of these veins; observations of the motion of liquid in plant veins and that there are similarities between plants and animals in this respect
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 397
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 90, p 5132
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 08 January 1672, EL/L5/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_52/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 09 July 2025
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A further account concerning the existence Veins in all kind of plants; together with a discovery of the membranous substance of those Veins, and of some acts in plants resembling those of sense ; as also of the agreement of the venal juice in vegetables with the blood of animals, &c. Communicated by Mr. Lister in a letter of January 8. 1672/73. and exhibited to the R.Society External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 2nd January 1673
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1672.0059
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