Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset
Reference number: EL/OB/106
Date: 09 November 1663
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How to raise and care for sheep with extracts from Columella (in Latin), and comparing practices of old writers of Italy with customs in Britain; how to care for goats and cows; examples of a variety of medical treatments; details of alewives; concerning a Greek woman who claimed to heal people
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- EL/OB/106
- Earliest possible date
- 09 November 1663
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- 32 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Beale, John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset, 09 November 1663, EL/OB/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_106/letter-from-john-beale-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-yeovil-somerset, accessed on 11 April 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Boyle
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John Beale
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