Letter, from Casper Neumann to Hans Sloane, dated at Berlin
Reference number: EL/N2/4
Date: 16 April 1733
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Account of camphor of thyme; discussion about the nature of ambergris and its taxonomy; details of Mr Gottfried's hypothesis on ambergris; concerning changes to Neumann's paper on ambergris; reminiscencing about time in London and seeing Sloane's collection of natural curiosities
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- EL/N2/4
- Earliest possible date
- 16 April 1733
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Caspar Neumann, Letter, from Casper Neumann to Hans Sloane, dated at Berlin, 16 April 1733, EL/N2/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n2_4/letter-from-casper-neumann-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 19 March 2025
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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 -
Letters from correspondents in natural philosophy to the Royal Society and its Fellows: 'Early Letters N2'
1724-1737 Reference number: EL/N2
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Hans Sloane
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Caspar Neumann
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