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Paper, 'Some corrections and amendments by J P Breynius concerning the generation of the insect called by him Coccus radicum in his natural history thereof printed in the year 1731' by J P [Johannes Philippus] Breynius

Reference number: CLP/10ii/21

Date: 1733

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Corrections by Breynius to his paper on the generation and metamorphosis of the Coccus radicum. In his corrections, Breynius clarifies the process of metamorphosis or evolution for male and female insects.

Subject: Entomology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some corrections and amendments by J. P. Breynius, M. D. F. R. S. concerning the generation of the insect called by him coccus radicum, in his natural history thereof, printed in the Year 1731, an account of which is given in these Philosophical Transactions, No 421, translated from the Latin by Mr. Zollman, F. R. S'.

Translated from Latin by Mr [Philip Henry] Zollman. Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1733.

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CLP/10ii/21
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1733
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5 pages
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Johannes Philippus Breynius

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Johannes Philippus Breynius, Paper, 'Some corrections and amendments by J P Breynius concerning the generation of the insect called by him Coccus radicum in his natural history thereof printed in the year 1731' by J P [Johannes Philippus] Breynius, 1733, CLP/10ii/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10ii_21/paper-some-corrections-and-amendments-by-j-p-breynius-concerning-the-generation-of-the-insect-called-by-him-coccus-radicum-in-his-natural-history-thereof-printed-in-the-year-1731-by-j-p-johannes-philippus-breynius, accessed on 14 June 2026

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