'A Brief Account of the Supposed Rain of Wheat by Colonel Tuke'
Reference number: RBO/1/13
Date: 1 August 1661
Description
'On the 30th of May 1661 Mr Henry Puckering Sonne to Sir Henry Puckering of Warwick brought some papers of seeds resembling wheate to the King, with a letter written by Mr William Halyburton dated the 27th May from Warwick out of which letter I have made this Extract'
On examination, seeds were found to be ivy berries eaten and voided by starlings
- Reference number
- RBO/1/13
- Earliest possible date
- 1 August 1661
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Samuel Tuke, 'A Brief Account of the Supposed Rain of Wheat by Colonel Tuke', 1 August 1661, RBO/1/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_13/a-brief-account-of-the-supposed-rain-of-wheat-by-colonel-tuke, accessed on 13 November 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 1, copies of papers communicated 1661-1662
1661-1662 Reference number: RBO/1
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Samuel Tuke
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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