Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Marcello Malpighi, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/61

Date: 14 December 1671

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That Malpighi's paper on the anatomy of plants had been referred to some Fellows of the Society for their views and that Oldenburg will transcribe their conclusions in due course for him; states that a published treatise of a Fellow (Nehemiah Grew) who has traced the anatomy of plants from the seed will be sent to him

Reference number: EL/O2/61
Earliest possible date: 14 December 1671
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Marcello Malpighi, dated at London, 14 December 1671, EL/O2/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_61/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-marcello-malpighi-dated-at-london, accessed on 19 April 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
Early Letters O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Marcello Malpighi
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