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Letter, 'An account of some organic remains found near Brentford, Middlesex by the late Mr William Kirby Trimmer' from James R Trimmer to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: PT/7/19

Date: 01 February 1813

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/4/6-10.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some organic remains found near Brentford, Middlesex. By the late Mr. William Kirby Trimmer. Communicated in a letter from Mr. James R. Trimmer to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'.

Written by Trimmer in Brentford. Read 4 March 1813.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.

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PT/7/19
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01 February 1813
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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James R Trimmer

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James R Trimmer, Letter, 'An account of some organic remains found near Brentford, Middlesex by the late Mr William Kirby Trimmer' from James R Trimmer to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 01 February 1813, PT/7/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_7_19/letter-an-account-of-some-organic-remains-found-near-brentford-middlesex-by-the-late-mr-william-kirby-trimmer-from-james-r-trimmer-to-the-right-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 14 December 2024

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