Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Martin Lister, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/99
Date: 12 December 1672
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Concerning Nehemiah Grew's agreement with Lister about the existence of veins in plants; list of queries from Grew about veins and sap in plants; wishes to know about the medicinal uses ascribed to a type of mushroom which Lister had described previously
- Reference number
- EL/O2/99
- Earliest possible date
- 12 December 1672
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Martin Lister, dated at London, 12 December 1672, EL/O2/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_99/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-martin-lister-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 November 2025
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Martin Lister
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