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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – July 7, 1708
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Date: July 7, 1708
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 173-174
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Scheuchzer received a copy of his newly published ‘Itinera alpina tria’ (Three Alpine Journeys) and is pleased with it. He is currently working on a natural history of Switzerland. Enclosed are some botanical specimens.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Ezechiel de Spanheim to Hans Sloane – October 10, 1710
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Date: October 10, 1710
Author: Ezechiel de Spanheim
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 189
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De Spanheim returns the papers on medals that he borrowed. He asks that Sloane send related materials. De Spanheim still has the medals from Sloane’s collection.
Ezechiel de Spanheim (1629-1710) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Leyden. He became Professor of Rhetoric in Geneva in 1650. He tutored Charles I Louis, Elector of Palatine’s son and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1679. As a diplomat he represented German states in Paris and London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel,_Freiherr_von_Spanheim).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – July 5, 1708
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Date: July 5, 1708
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 172
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Scheuchzer encloses an account of the grasses described in his natural history of Switzerland.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – February 10, 1708
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Date: February 10, 1708
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 108-109
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Scheuchzer describes the soil of various locations in Switzerland. He wants his findings to be put in the Philosophical Transactions.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Antony Picenini to Hans Sloane – January 9, 1710/11
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Date: January 9, 1710/11
Author: Antony Picenini
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 221-222
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Picenini asks Sloane to indicate how he can be of service. He was unable to say goodbye when he left London.
Antony Picenini was a physician.
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – April 14, 1706
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Date: April 14, 1706
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 144-145
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Language
Latin
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Subjects
Botany, Natural History, Plants, Publishing, Specimens, Switzerland
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Date (as written)
April 14, 1706
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Zurich
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Others mentioned
John Woodward John Thorpe
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Patients mentioned
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Scheuchzer discusses the publication of his book. He appoints John Woodward as his agent in England. It was published in London in 1708 as ‘Itinera alpina tria’ and dedicated to the Royal Society. He expresses a willingness to have his observations printed in the Philosophical Transactions. Enclosed are some alpine botanical specimens.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – February 4, 1708
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Date: February 4, 1708
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 101
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Scheuchzer describes Marsigli’s book on the natural history of the Mediterranean Sea.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – January 27, 1708
Item info
Date: January 27, 1708
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 97
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Language
Latin
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Barometry, Books, Geology, Jamaica, Minerals, Natural History, Publishing, Switzerland
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Date (as written)
January 27, 1708
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Zurich
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Scheuchzer thanks Sloane for sending his book on Jamaica. He asks about the barometrical tables presented in the Philosophical Transactions: Phil. Trans. 1706 25:2378-2387. Scheuchzer is preparing something on Swiss minerals for Sloane and the Philosophical Transactions. He wants to know what progress is being made in the publication of his ‘Itinera aplina tira’.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – November 14, 1707
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Date: November 14, 1707
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 64-65
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Transcription
Scheuchzer thanks Sloane for publishing his account of an eclipse in the Philosophical Transactions. He is grateful for Sloane’s assistance in the publication his ‘Itinera alpina tria’.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – May 21, 1706
Item info
Date: May 21, 1706
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 166
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Scheuchzer discusses the publication of his books. It was released in London in 1708 as ‘Itinera alpina tria’ and dedicated to the Royal Society. He includes some botanical specimens with the letter.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).