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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Francis Willughby, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/53

Date: 27 July 1671

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That he has received Martin Lister's account of vegetable excrescencies; transcribes an extract of a letter from a German physician concerning tinctures made from insects' dung (in Latin)

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EL/O2/53
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27 July 1671
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Francis Willughby, dated at London, 27 July 1671, EL/O2/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_53/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-francis-willughby-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 September 2024

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