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Relating to the instantaneous freezing of water, giving an account of tulips and other bulbous plants flowering much sooner when placed in bottles filled with water than those planted in the ground by Marten Triewald

Reference number: RBO/16/7

Date: 1730

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Original letter to Hans Sloane dated 4 April 1730
Engraved figure from 'Philosophical Transactions' is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1730

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RBO/16/7
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
3 pages
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Relating to the instantaneous freezing of water, giving an account of tulips and other bulbous plants flowering much sooner when placed in bottles filled with water than those planted in the ground by Marten Triewald, 1730, RBO/16/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_7/relating-to-the-instantaneous-freezing-of-water-giving-an-account-of-tulips-and-other-bulbous-plants-flowering-much-sooner-when-placed-in-bottles-filled-with-water-than-those-planted-in-the-ground-by-marten-triewald, accessed on 12 November 2025

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