Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton

Reference number: EL/W3/34

Date: 16 April 1670

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Concerning the movement of sap in sycamores after a frost; concerning the metamorphosis of caterpillars; concerning starfish from New England; states that there is no oak growing wild in England unless it is the 'Ilex coccifera'

Reference number: EL/W3/34
Earliest possible date: 16 April 1670
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Francis Willughby

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Francis Willughby, Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton, 16 April 1670, EL/W3/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_34/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-middleton, accessed on 10 December 2024

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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 W3
1642-1736 Reference number: EL/W3

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Henry Oldenburg
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