Letter, from James Compton [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/C2/25
Date: 13 May 1693
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Compton's observations of a 'monstrous' pig
Read to the Royal Society on 17 May 1693
- Reference number
- EL/C2/25
- Earliest possible date
- 13 May 1693
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Compton, James Compton, Letter, from James Compton [to the Royal Society], 13 May 1693, EL/C2/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_25/letter-from-james-compton-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 June 2026
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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