Letter, from John Wallis to Edward Tyson
Reference number: EL/W2/68
Date: 01 January 1700
Description
Discussing digestive systems of different animals and about humans being carnivores
Wallis had copied Tyson's letter to him on this matter
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1700
- Reference number
- EL/W2/68
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1700
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Wallis, John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Edward Tyson, 01 January 1700, EL/W2/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_68/letter-from-john-wallis-to-edward-tyson, accessed on 21 June 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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Edward Tyson
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John Wallis
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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