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

Reference number: EL/O2/118

Date: 12 June 1673

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Considering the parts of the large intestines which determine the shape of the faeces of different animals; wishes to see the improvements which Lister has made to his table of snails; details about 'tongue-grafts' (type of graft) which have been successful on mulberries and walnut trees

Reference number: EL/O2/118
Earliest possible date: 12 June 1673
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Martin Lister, dated at London, 12 June 1673, EL/O2/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_118/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-martin-lister-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 December 2024

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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 O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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