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Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/H1/115

Date: 26 October 1673

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Concerning consciousness in animals; other literary notices

Reference number
EL/H1/115
Earliest possible date
26 October 1673
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Jean Baptiste Du Hamel

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Jean Baptiste Du Hamel, Letter, from Jean Baptiste du Hamel to Henry Oldenburg, 26 October 1673, EL/H1/115, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_115/letter-from-jean-baptiste-du-hamel-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 11 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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