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Paper, 'Proposals to retard the putrefaction of animals in hot climates' by Stephen Hales and extract of a letter 'from Governor Belcher's Lady; dated Elizabeth town, New Jersey, Oct 22, 1755; concerning an extraordinary motion in the waters in the Lake Ontario in North-America' sent to Stephen Hales

Reference number: L&P/3/106

Date: 22 October 1755

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Subject: Zoology; physics

Two manuscript notes in Stephen Hales' hand, the first is his proposal to use sea-salt to preserve animal specimens. The paper was not published by the Royal Society, but published as part of Hales' 'Philosophical Experiments'.
The second is an extract from a letter received by Hales where Louise Teale Belcher reports changes in waters in Lake Ontario. This note was published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter to the Rev. Dr. Hales, F. R. S. from Governor Belcher's Lady; dated Elizabeth town, NewJersey, Oct 22, 1755; concerning an extraordinary motion in the waters in the Lake Ontario in North-America'.

Read 19 February 1756

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L&P/3/106
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22 October 1755
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Louise Belcher

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Louise Belcher, Paper, 'Proposals to retard the putrefaction of animals in hot climates' by Stephen Hales and extract of a letter 'from Governor Belcher's Lady; dated Elizabeth town, New Jersey, Oct 22, 1755; concerning an extraordinary motion in the waters in the Lake Ontario in North-America' sent to Stephen Hales, 22 October 1755, L&P/3/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_106/paper-proposals-to-retard-the-putrefaction-of-animals-in-hot-climates-by-stephen-hales-and-extract-of-a-letter-from-governor-belchers-lady-dated-elizabeth-town-new-jersey-oct-22-1755-concerning-an-extraordinary-motion-in-the-waters-in-the-lake-ontario-in-north-america-sent-to-stephen-hales, accessed on 16 September 2024

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