Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/W3/43
Date: 01 January 1671
Description
Concerning the circulation of sap after frost; states that trial experiments to show the transmission of water in walnut and sycamore trees have given positive results
Read to the Royal Society on 27 April 1671
- Reference number
- EL/W3/43
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1671
- 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, 01 January 1671, EL/W3/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_43/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 07 June 2026
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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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