Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/53
Date: 21 May 1673
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Signed autograph
Observations of insects found in England in 1666 and 1667; anatomical observations and experiments to show the movement of chyle in veins by injecting various liquids in the intestines of animals; wishes to send an improved table of snails
Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1673
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 658
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 95, p 6060
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- EL/L5/53
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- 21 May 1673
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- 10 pages
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 21 May 1673, EL/L5/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_53/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 09 August 2026
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