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Paper, Account of [Johannes Philippus] Breynius' physical dissertation of a new class of shell called 'Polythalamiis, nova Testaceorum classe' by Richard Middleton Massey

Reference number: CLP/22ii/60

Date: 1733

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Discusses shells, and placing them into classes. Classification table is attached. Dissertation by Breynius [also called Johann Philipp Breyne] was printed at Gdansk in 1732.

Subject: Biology

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CLP/22ii/60
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1733
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Johannes Philippus Breynius

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Richard Myddleton Massey

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Johannes Philippus Breynius, Richard Myddleton Massey, Paper, Account of [Johannes Philippus] Breynius' physical dissertation of a new class of shell called 'Polythalamiis, nova Testaceorum classe' by Richard Middleton Massey, 1733, CLP/22ii/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_60/paper-account-of-johannes-philippus-breynius-physical-dissertation-of-a-new-class-of-shell-called-polythalamiis-nova-testaceorum-classe-by-richard-middleton-massey, accessed on 10 December 2024

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