Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam
Reference number: EL/S1/120
Date: 24 January 1673
Description
States that the human specimens sent to the Society should be brushed with turpentine to prevent mould; observations of the lungs made from dissections of animals; observations of the horn-nosed beetle
Read to the Royal Society on 24 January 1673
- Reference number
- EL/S1/120
- Earliest possible date
- 24 January 1673
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jan Swammerdam, Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam, 24 January 1673, EL/S1/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_120/letter-from-jan-swammerdam-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 08 March 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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Henry Oldenburg
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