From:
Daniel Rutherford
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
22 Nov 1793
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/111, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Received Smith's letter, seeds, and parcel from [Carl Peter] Thunberg. Discovery of new genus of absorbent earth called "Strontites" [strontium] by [Thomas Charles] Hope, who read a paper at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on it. Details of its properties and characteristics. Offers to send a specimen.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London