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Letter, 'Of Malin, the Ostrocolla; the farina of the red lily; of worms in knutty corn' from John Tuberville Needham to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/244

Date: 11 August 1743

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, 'A letter from Mr. Turbevil Needham, to the President; concerning certain chalky tubulous concretions, called malm; with some microscopical observations on the farina of the red lily, and of worms discovered in smutty corn'

Read 22 December 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/244
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11 August 1743
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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John Turberville Needham

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John Turberville Needham, Letter, 'Of Malin, the Ostrocolla; the farina of the red lily; of worms in knutty corn' from John Tuberville Needham to Martin Folkes, 11 August 1743, L&P/1/244, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_244/letter-of-malin-the-ostrocolla-the-farina-of-the-red-lily-of-worms-in-knutty-corn-from-john-tuberville-needham-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 06 December 2024

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