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Letter, from Samuel Tuke to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: EL/T/1

Date: 26 June 1661

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Concerning meetings of the French Academy (mentioning Cardinal de Richelieu, de Rubervals, Comte d'Albume, Monmor, Sorbiere); that Henry Puckering of Warwick had brought seeds resembling wheat which he says fell from the sky; concerning some berries sent to Gresham College

Read to the Royal Society on 22 May 1661 and 26 June 1661

Reference number
EL/T/1
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26 June 1661
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Tuke

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Samuel Tuke, Letter, from Samuel Tuke to the President of the Royal Society, 26 June 1661, EL/T/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_1/letter-from-samuel-tuke-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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