Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/70
Date: 12 March 1673
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Signed autograph
Sends the table and figures of snails, which were drawn by Mr Lodge
On the reverse of this letter is an account of the tables and some questions about land and freshwater snails
The table (list of explanations) is in Latin
On reverse of table is a transcription of Nathaniel Johnson's observations of stones found in animals
Original figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 2 April 1673
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 497
Account of tables and figures printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 105, p 96
Johnson's observations printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 101, p 502
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- EL/L5/70
- Earliest possible date
- 12 March 1673
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- 5 pages
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 12 March 1673, EL/L5/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_70/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 07 June 2026
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