Paper, 'Observations concerning ants or emmetts' by Andrew King
Reference number: CLP/15i/15
Date: August 1666
Description
King shares observations on ants (Formicidae) and what they do with their eggs.
Subject: Entomology
Read to the Royal Society on 29 August 1666
Printed in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations concerning emmets or ants, their eggs, production, progress, coming to maturity, use, &c'
- Reference number
- CLP/15i/15
- Earliest possible date
- August 1666
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'Observations concerning ants or emmetts' by Andrew King, August 1666, CLP/15i/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_15/paper-observations-concerning-ants-or-emmetts-by-andrew-king, accessed on 13 March 2026
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Observations concerning emmets or ants, their eggs, production, progress, coming to maturity, use, &c External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 30th December 1666
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0007
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