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Four pages of figures of the dissection of a dolphin. Includes the brain, spleen, liver and lungs.

Subject: Zoology / Anatomy

Read to the Royal Society on 19 June 1729

Reference number
CLP/15ii/14/2
Earliest possible date
1729
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Drawing

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Figures, regarding the dissection of a dolphin by Benjamin Allen, 1729, CLP/15ii/14/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_14_2/figures-regarding-the-dissection-of-a-dolphin-by-benjamin-allen, accessed on 15 May 2025

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    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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