Paper, 'A relation of a sword-fish, that had struck his sword through a three inch plank of an English ship' by Richard Tylor
Reference number: CLP/15i/28
Date: May 1675
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Tylor shares observations concerning the damage caused to a ship off the coast of Newfoundland [Canada] by a swordfish (Xiphias gladius). The ship was bound for Alicante [Spain] and laden with dry fish when Tylor noticed a leak which had been caused by a swordfish.
Subject: Zoology / Ichthyology
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1675
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- CLP/15i/28
- Earliest possible date
- May 1675
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'A relation of a sword-fish, that had struck his sword through a three inch plank of an English ship' by Richard Tylor, May 1675, CLP/15i/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_28/paper-a-relation-of-a-sword-fish-that-had-struck-his-sword-through-a-three-inch-plank-of-an-english-ship-by-richard-tylor, accessed on 12 May 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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