Manuscript, regarding the Aquila Squatina Salviana by A Bradley
Reference number: CLP/15ii/24/1
Date: 12 January 1737
Description
Bradley explains that 'this fish was caught off the Exmouth coast by Robert Heath on 9 September 1737 [1736] and describes a dissection of it'. Includes one page of figures of the animal.
Subject: Zoology
Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1737
- Reference number
- CLP/15ii/24/1
- Earliest possible date
- 12 January 1737
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscript, regarding the Aquila Squatina Salviana by A Bradley, 12 January 1737, CLP/15ii/24/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_24_1/manuscript-regarding-the-aquila-squatina-salviana-by-a-bradley, accessed on 07 March 2026
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12 January 1737 Reference number: CLP/15ii/24
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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