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Translated extract of a letter, from Jean de le Quintinye to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/Q/4

Date: 01 January 1663

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Original was in French and dated 15 June 1663
Details about growing melons, keeping the seeds, and about ripening them
Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1663

Reference number
EL/Q/4
Earliest possible date
01 January 1663
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean de La Quintinie

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Jean de La Quintinie, Translated extract of a letter, from Jean de le Quintinye to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1663, EL/Q/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_q_4/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-jean-de-le-quintinye-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 20 January 2026

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