Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/61
Date: 04 November 1673
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An account of stones figured like plants
List of explanations for the figures is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 13 November 1673
Original figures in LBO/6/371
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 324
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 100, p 6181
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- EL/L5/61
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- 04 November 1673
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 04 November 1673, EL/L5/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_61/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 12 December 2025
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A description of certain stones figured like plants, and by some observing men esteemed to be plants petrified: Communicated to the Publisher by the same Mr. Lister, from York Novemb. 4th. 1673. External link, opens in new tab.
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Date: 9th February 1674
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1673.0061
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