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Paper, 'An essay upon the natural history of whales with a particular account of the amber-greese found in the Sperma Ceti Whale' by Paul Dudley, dated at Roxburg

Reference number: EL/D1/85

Date: 5 April 1725

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Matters discussed are: the different species of whales, how they care for their young, respiration, feeding, the way they are killed, the enemies of whales, the ambergris of sperm whales

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EL/D1/85
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5 April 1725
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7 pages
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Paul Dudley

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Paul Dudley, Paper, 'An essay upon the natural history of whales with a particular account of the amber-greese found in the Sperma Ceti Whale' by Paul Dudley, dated at Roxburg, 5 April 1725, EL/D1/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_85/paper-an-essay-upon-the-natural-history-of-whales-with-a-particular-account-of-the-amber-greese-found-in-the-sperma-ceti-whale-by-paul-dudley-dated-at-roxburg, accessed on 12 January 2025

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