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Paper, regarding details of a female mule sent by Thomas Dereham

Reference number: CLP/15ii/4

Date: 1727

Description

Dereham communicates some details about a mule which has given birth.

Subject: Veterinary medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 15 June 1727

Reference number
CLP/15ii/4
Earliest possible date
1727
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, regarding details of a female mule sent by Thomas Dereham, 1727, CLP/15ii/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_4/paper-regarding-details-of-a-female-mule-sent-by-thomas-dereham, accessed on 19 May 2026

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