Letter, from John Beale to John Houghton, dated at Yeovil, Somerset
Reference number: EL/OB/140
Date: 01 February 1680
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Concerning Boyle's 'aerial noctiluca'; that rotten wood and a tree in Jamaica are lasting luminaries; that lobsters' shells shined vividly but that thunder affected them
- Reference number
- EL/OB/140
- Earliest possible date
- 01 February 1680
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to John Houghton, dated at Yeovil, Somerset, 01 February 1680, EL/OB/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_140/letter-from-john-beale-to-john-houghton-dated-at-yeovil-somerset, accessed on 10 February 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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John Houghton
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