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

Reference number: EL/L5/67

Date: 19 January 1674

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Signed autograph
Observations of astroites or star-stones
List of explanations for figures is attached
LBO/7/11 for transcription and figures of stones
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 438
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 10, no 112, p 274

Reference number: EL/L5/67
Earliest possible date: 19 January 1674
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 19 January 1674, EL/L5/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_67/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 14 December 2024

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Extracts of three letters : The one of M. Hugens, about a new invention of very exact and portative watches, serving to find the longitudes both at sea and Land: The second, of Dr . Swammerdam, touching an un-usual rupture of the the mercentery: The third, containing some observations of Mr. Lister about the star-stones ; together with Mr Rays annotations thereon. External link, opens in new tab.

Authors: Christian Huygens; Swammerdam; Martin Lister

Date: 25th March 1675

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1675.0005

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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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