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Letter, from Thomas Molyneux [to the Royal Society], dated at Leyden

Reference number: EL/M1/104

Date: 16 March 1685

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Lists the names of Dr Herman's curiosities (in Latin) - that he adds to it daily and expects more items from the East Indies; believes that a catalogue of Swammerdam's collection is not obtainable; further details about Leeuwenhoek's microscope; that a man had fasted for 40 days and nights in Harlem
Read to the Royal Society on 1 April 1685

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EL/M1/104
Earliest possible date
16 March 1685
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Molyneux

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Sir; Thomas Molyneux

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Thomas Molyneux, Sir; Thomas Molyneux, Letter, from Thomas Molyneux [to the Royal Society], dated at Leyden, 16 March 1685, EL/M1/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_104/letter-from-thomas-molyneux-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 07 June 2026

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