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Letter, from Gandolphe [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/G1/77

Date: 18 October 1709

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Re-counting various topics being discussed at the Royal Academy of Science, Paris: for example, female anatomy and the anatomy of vipers and worms
Read to the Royal Society on 23 November 1709

Reference number
EL/G1/77
Earliest possible date
18 October 1709
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7 pages
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Manuscript
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Letter, from Gandolphe [to the Royal Society], 18 October 1709, EL/G1/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_77/letter-from-gandolphe-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 May 2025

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