William Derham to Hans Sloane – March 29, 1709
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Date: March 29, 1709 Author: William Derham Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 308-309
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English
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British Library, London
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Royal Society, Scholarship
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Agriculture, Measures, Weather, Weights
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Date (as written)
March 29, 1709
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Upminster
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Sir Jonas Moor Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Dr Henry Newton Dr Pilly Mr Greaves
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[fol. 309] Sr Upminster Mar. 29 1709 Just as I had finished my Observations upon Dr Scheuchzers Tables of the Weather &, I seasonally recd these two enclosed Lrs from Florence wch relating to the Society as well as my self, I think it my duty to send them to you. You will find by ye copy of Dr Newtons Lr, that the Weights & Measures of Florence wch Dr Tilly saith he hath sent me, are not yet arrived in England I doubt not but when they do, they will be very ac- ceptable to the Society to settle the matter, especi- ally wth relation to their Weight, wch Sr Honas Moor makes very different from what Mr Greaves doth. Sr Jonas making the Florence-pound to ye Engl. To be as 123 to 100, & Mr Greaves making it less than the En- glish, viz only as 0.9177 to 100. When I have finished what I shall take notice of concerning Dr Scheuchzers, the Pisa Rain, &, I written out my Remarks fair, I will take care to send them to the Society: but in the mean time I should be glad to be informed of some of the most con- siderable effects observed in England from the late Frost, if the Society hath recd any accounts thereof particularly if granted any of the Society live near Cashalton in Surrey, I beg the favour of them to let me know by ye P. Post whether the Lemon & Orange trees at Bedington are killed, & what age they are I intended to have been long since in London, but the weather hath been so bad yt I could not be so happy to visit Gresham Coll. & the late great Rains have made such Land-Floods yt two of our Upminster Bridges are broken down wth it, & I hear some others also, yt I now Dare hardly adventure. I am Sr Your much obliged humble servant Wm Derham My Wifes humble service. I hope you have not been unmindfull of chosing Dr Newton into the Society, or yt if be not yet done, I beg the favour of you to speed it as much as can be, yt I may send him word of it when I speedily answer his Lrs.
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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