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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'

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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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