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Paper, 'A further account of the generation of eels and the varyety of it in the wormkind particulared in the worm, snail and oister' by Benjamin Allen

Reference number: CLP/15ii/13

Date: 10 May 1729

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Allen discusses the reproduction of eels, earthworms, snails and oysters. Includes figures of the anatomy of snails and oysters.

Subject: Zoology / Reproduction

Read to the Royal Society on 19 and 26 June 1729

Reference number
CLP/15ii/13
Earliest possible date
10 May 1729
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'A further account of the generation of eels and the varyety of it in the wormkind particulared in the worm, snail and oister' by Benjamin Allen, 10 May 1729, CLP/15ii/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_13/paper-a-further-account-of-the-generation-of-eels-and-the-varyety-of-it-in-the-wormkind-particulared-in-the-worm-snail-and-oister-by-benjamin-allen, accessed on 15 June 2025

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