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Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Leyden

Reference number: EL/C1/26

Date: 30 June 1669

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Autograph letter
Colepresse gives observations of conjoined calves (with figures in text)

Reference number
EL/C1/26
Earliest possible date
30 June 1669
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript
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Samuel Colepresse

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Samuel Colepresse, Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Leyden, 30 June 1669, EL/C1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_26/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 03 December 2024

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