Letter, from Charles Preston to Hans Sloane
Reference number: EL/P1/101
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Concerning stones and feather found in the 'vesicula fellea' of a man who died from a gangrene liver; concerning a long hair found in the yolk of an egg; concerning a stone found in Cattersane hill with figure at end of letter; concerning observations of St Kilda, Scotland; recommends two correspondents to the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 27 October 1697
- Reference number
- EL/P1/101
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Charles Preston, Letter, from Charles Preston to Hans Sloane, EL/P1/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_101/letter-from-charles-preston-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 12 January 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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Hans Sloane
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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