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Paper, 'An explication of the figures in the plate with further remarks by another Fellow of the Royal Society' by Edward Lhwyd in a letter to Martin Lister

Reference number: CLP/9i/52

Date: 1698

Description

Two manuscript pages and two plates showing various fossils of aquatic animals.

Paper consists of explanation of figures of fossils included with published letter. The letter itself is missing.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Part of a letter from Mr. Edw. Lhwyd to Dr. Martin Lister, Fell. of the Coll. of Phys. and R. S. concerning several regularly figured stones lately found by him'.

Reference number
CLP/9i/52
Earliest possible date
1698
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Lhuyd

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Edward Lhuyd, Paper, 'An explication of the figures in the plate with further remarks by another Fellow of the Royal Society' by Edward Lhwyd in a letter to Martin Lister, 1698, CLP/9i/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_52/paper-an-explication-of-the-figures-in-the-plate-with-further-remarks-by-another-fellow-of-the-royal-society-by-edward-lhwyd-in-a-letter-to-martin-lister, accessed on 14 October 2024

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