Extract of a letter, from William Meny to Robert Hooke, dated at Lancashire
Reference number: EL/M1/35
Date: 16 May 1665
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Observations of 'infinite numbers of small spherical parcels of a white downe' seen whilst walking along a bowling alley; details about caterpillar-like insects crawling on palm trees
- Reference number
- EL/M1/35
- Earliest possible date
- 16 May 1665
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Meny, Extract of a letter, from William Meny to Robert Hooke, dated at Lancashire, 16 May 1665, EL/M1/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_35/extract-of-a-letter-from-william-meny-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-lancashire, accessed on 09 November 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Hooke
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