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Antonio Vallisneri to Hans Sloane – June 7, 1703
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Date: June 7, 1703
Author: Antonio Vallisneri
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 139-141
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Vallisneri wants to establish a correspondence with Sloane. He describes entomological experiments relating to feeding and digestion. He hopes of applying this knowledge to medicine.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
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Antonio Vallisneri to Hans Sloane – March 9, 1710
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Date: March 9, 1710
Author: Antonio Vallisneri
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 109
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Vallisneri sends a small book on medicine through an English contact of his.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort to Hans Sloane – March 20, 1698
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Date: March 20, 1698
Author: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 44-45
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Tournefort asks that Sloane introduce Gundelsheimer to London, whom he sends with prints prepared for his upcoming book on the plants of Paris. He thanks Sloane for the books he has been sent and asks about an issue of the Philosophical Transactions in which Gregori criticizes the Abbe Galloys on a question of mathematics.
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was a French botanist who developed the idea of taxonomically organizing plants according to the concept of genus. He published the famous Elements de botanique (1694) and travelled the Mediterranean and Caucuses to research their flora from 1700 to 1702 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pitton_de_Tournefort).
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Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham – ca. February, 1728
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Date: ca. February, 1728
Author: Eustachio Manfredi
Recipient: Thomas Dereham
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 121-122
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This letter is a copy of two letters sent to Sir Thomas Dereham, one by Antonio Vallisneri and the other by Eustachio Manfredi. Dereham copied them himself and has forwarded them to Sloane as he said he would. See: Sloane MS 4049, fols. 119-120. Vallisneri and Manfredi congratulate Sloane on his election as President of the Royal Society.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
Eustachio Manfredi (1674-1739) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachio_Manfredi).
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Thomas Dereham to Thomas Dereham – ca. February, 1728
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Date: ca. February, 1728
Author: Thomas Dereham
Recipient: Thomas Dereham
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 121-122
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This letter is a copy of two letters sent to Sir Thomas Dereham, one by Antonio Vallisneri and the other by Eustachio Manfredi. Dereham copied them himself and has forwarded them to Sloane as he said he would. See: Sloane MS 4049, fols. 119-120. Vallisneri and Manfredi congratulate Sloane on his election as President of the Royal Society.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
Eustachio Manfredi (1674-1739) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachio_Manfredi).
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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort to Hans Sloane – February 12, 1698
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Date: February 12, 1698
Author: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 27-28
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Tournefort has sent Sloane a copy of his reply to Mr Ray’s critique. He will soon send a copy of his book on the plants of Paris. Tournefort asks Sloane to distribute copies of the letter to Ray and to tell Geoffroy where to obtain botanical books.
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was a French botanist who developed the idea of taxonomically organizing plants according to the concept of genus. He published the famous Elements de botanique (1694) and travelled the Mediterranean and Caucuses to research their flora from 1700 to 1702 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pitton_de_Tournefort).
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Thomas Dereham to Hans Sloane – ca. February, 1728
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Date: ca. February, 1728
Author: Thomas Dereham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 121-122
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This letter is a copy of two letters sent to Sir Thomas Dereham, one by Antonio Vallisneri and the other by Eustachio Manfredi. Dereham copied them himself and has forwarded them to Sloane as he said he would. See: Sloane MS 4049, fols. 119-120. Vallisneri and Manfredi congratulate Sloane on his election as President of the Royal Society.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
Eustachio Manfredi (1674-1739) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachio_Manfredi).
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Antonio Vallisneri to Thomas Dereham – ca. February, 1728
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Date: ca. February, 1728
Author: Antonio Vallisneri
Recipient: Thomas Dereham
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 121-122
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This letter is a copy of two letters sent to Sir Thomas Dereham, one by Antonio Vallisneri and the other by Eustachio Manfredi. Dereham copied them himself and has forwarded them to Sloane as he said he would. See: Sloane MS 4049, fols. 119-120. Vallisneri and Manfredi congratulate Sloane on his election as President of the Royal Society.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
Eustachio Manfredi (1674-1739) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachio_Manfredi).
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Antonio Vallisneri to Hans Sloane – ca. February, 1728
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Date: ca. February, 1728
Author: Antonio Vallisneri
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 121-122
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Transcription
This letter is a copy of two letters sent to Sir Thomas Dereham, one by Antonio Vallisneri and the other by Eustachio Manfredi. Dereham copied them himself and has forwarded them to Sloane as he said he would. See: Sloane MS 4049, fols. 119-120. Vallisneri and Manfredi congratulate Sloane on his election as President of the Royal Society.
Antonio Vallisneri (1661-1730) was a medical scientist, physician, and naturalist who held prestigious chairs of medicine at the University of Padua from 1700 to his death. His approach to science was greatly influenced by Leibniz, Conti, and Galileo’s experimental methodology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vallisneri).
Eustachio Manfredi (1674-1739) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachio_Manfredi).