Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/W3/39
Date: 19 August 1670
Description
Concerning maggots in rotten wood; observations of spiders and egg sacs
Read to the Royal Society on 27 October 1670
- Reference number
- EL/W3/39
- Earliest possible date
- 19 August 1670
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Willughby
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Francis Willughby, Francis Willughby, Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, 19 August 1670, EL/W3/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_39/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 05 December 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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Henry Oldenburg
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Francis Willughby
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