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Paper, 'Proposals for making Anatomies of Human Bodies in coloured wax' by Abraham Chovet

Reference number: EL/C2/88

Date: 1732

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Chovet says that his idea is based on one by S Desnoues, but with improvements
John Desaguliers adds a note written on 25 May 1732 saying that Chovet's idea is feasible

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EL/C2/88
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1732
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Abraham Chovet

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Abraham Chovet, Paper, 'Proposals for making Anatomies of Human Bodies in coloured wax' by Abraham Chovet, 1732, EL/C2/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_88/paper-proposals-for-making-anatomies-of-human-bodies-in-coloured-wax-by-abraham-chovet, accessed on 17 June 2026

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