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
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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