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Account of properties of new plants by Paolo Silvio Boccone, dated at Palermo

Reference number: EL/B2/28

Date: 4 December 1693

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Autograph paper concerning details about how to discover the properties of new plants
Read to Royal Society on 10 January 1693

Reference number
EL/B2/28
Earliest possible date
4 December 1693
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paolo Silvio Boccone

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Paolo Silvio Boccone, Account of properties of new plants by Paolo Silvio Boccone, dated at Palermo, 4 December 1693, EL/B2/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_28/account-of-properties-of-new-plants-by-paolo-silvio-boccone-dated-at-palermo, accessed on 05 December 2025

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