Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:29:18 +0530 From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy Dear Sri Arunachalam While in Virtual Info Center in ICICI Knowledge Park we had a request for a reprint of an article published in late 18th century by Linnean Society and we could procure it from the society and give it to our customer (in record time), who was highly satisfied. That was the first time I heard about the Linnean society! Thanks for re-kindling my memories. Regards Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 ================== On 2/19/07, Mailing List Admin wrote:

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:18:34 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam

Press Release. Source: Linnean Society of London and ULCC Published Thursday 15th February

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The Linnean Society of London is creating a digital archive of over 10.7 Terabytes of unique material relating to its historic collections, enabling full global access. The Society is guardian of the priceless collections of specimens, manuscripts and letters of the great Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).

A distinguished scientist and doctor, Carl Linnaeus developed the binomial naming system of plants and animals that we are all familiar with today and which provides the fundamental framework for knowledge of the biota of the Earth, supporting effective conservation measures and the sustainable use of biodiversity.

For more information visit www.linnean.org

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