Letter, from Robert Sibbald to Richard Waller, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: EL/S2/3

Date: 11 July 1693

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Sibbard sends four copies of his paper on whales off the Scottish coast and would like the Society's constructive criticism on it; that he has further observations of fish and seal, or sea calf, which can be sent to the Society; also has a paper on the Isles of Orkney and Shetland with a map which he wants to publish
Read to the Royal Society on 19 July 1693

Reference number: EL/S2/3
Earliest possible date: 11 July 1693
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Sir; Robert Sibbald

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Sir; Robert Sibbald, Letter, from Robert Sibbald to Richard Waller, dated at Edinburgh, 11 July 1693, EL/S2/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_3/letter-from-robert-sibbald-to-richard-waller-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 13 January 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters S2
1686-1738 Reference number: EL/S2

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Dates: 1613-1740

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