Letter, from Jean de le Quintinye to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/Q/3
Date: 15 June 1663
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That the picture of the melon cannot be sent; concerns method of keeping melon seeds, growing and ripening them
Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1663
- Reference number
- EL/Q/3
- Earliest possible date
- 15 June 1663
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jean de La Quintinie, Letter, from Jean de le Quintinye to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 15 June 1663, EL/Q/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_q_3/letter-from-jean-de-le-quintinye-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 September 2026
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