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Paper, 'Some accounts concerning the nature of frogspawn' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/15i/11

Date: 30 November 1664

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The author presents observations on frogspawn, with reference to the work of Paracelsus and [Gregor] Horstius.

Subject: Zoology / Herpetology

Read to the Royal Society on 7 December 1664

Reference number
CLP/15i/11
Earliest possible date
30 November 1664
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Some accounts concerning the nature of frogspawn' by unknown author, 30 November 1664, CLP/15i/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_11/paper-some-accounts-concerning-the-nature-of-frogspawn-by-unknown-author, accessed on 12 February 2025

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