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Unpublished letter, 'Su la larva dell'insetto Formica-Hercules' ['On the larva of the Hercules ant'] from Antonio Minasi to Guiglielmo [William] Hamilton

Reference number: AP/4/14

Date: 01 January 1779

Description

Letter in Italian from Minasi to Hamilton regarding his discovery of the larva of the Hercules ant [Camponotus herculeanus]. Includes minor additions in ink throughout.

Subject: Entomology

Reference number
AP/4/14
Earliest possible date
01 January 1779
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Antonio Minasi

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Antonio Minasi, Unpublished letter, 'Su la larva dell'insetto Formica-Hercules' ['On the larva of the Hercules ant'] from Antonio Minasi to Guiglielmo [William] Hamilton, 01 January 1779, AP/4/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_4_14/unpublished-letter-su-la-larva-dellinsetto-formica-hercules-on-the-larva-of-the-hercules-ant-from-antonio-minasi-to-guiglielmo-william-hamilton, accessed on 10 December 2024

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