Letter, from John Ray [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/R1/10

Description
Account of pismires (type of ant) staining flowers; experiments with spirit of salt and oil of sulphur on the colour of chicory flowers and other flowers; details of spider hanging on its thread
Note reads: ' This letter come inclosed in Mr Willughby's of 13 January 1671'
Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1670
- Reference number
- EL/R1/10
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Ray, Letter, from John Ray [to the Royal Society], EL/R1/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_10/letter-from-john-ray-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 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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Dates: 1613-1740
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