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Paper, Account of two of Robert Boyle's books on nature by Edmund Halley

Reference number: CLP/21/10

Date: 1686

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Read to the Royal Society on 16 June 1686.

Subject: Biology

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CLP/21/10
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1686
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, Account of two of Robert Boyle's books on nature by Edmund Halley, 1686, CLP/21/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_10/paper-account-of-two-of-robert-boyles-books-on-nature-by-edmund-halley, accessed on 13 January 2025

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