Extract of a letter, from Thomas Walduck to James Petiver
Reference number: EL/W3/127
Date: 20 May 1714
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Concerns ways of hastening the growth of plants with observations of growing oranges and limes in Barbados
Note on reverse reads: 'scarce worth publishing'
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1714
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- EL/W3/127
- Earliest possible date
- 20 May 1714
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Thomas Walduck, Extract of a letter, from Thomas Walduck to James Petiver, 20 May 1714, EL/W3/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_127/extract-of-a-letter-from-thomas-walduck-to-james-petiver, accessed on 07 November 2025
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