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Klein describes the physiology a 'water-insect' known as Scolopendra aquatica scutata, a type of centipede.

Subject: Zoology

Read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1730

Reference number
CLP/15ii/20
Earliest possible date
24 November 1729
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Jacobus Theodorus Klein

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Jacobus Theodorus Klein, Paper, 'An account of the Scolopendra aquatica scutata' by J T [Jacobus Theodorus] Klein, 24 November 1729, CLP/15ii/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_20/paper-an-account-of-the-scolopendra-aquatica-scutata-by-j-t-jacobus-theodorus-klein, accessed on 18 July 2026

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    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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