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Letter, from John Henry de Heucher to Hans Sloane, dated at Dresden

Reference number: EL/H4/2

Date: 29 March 1730

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Discussing petrified marine plants called Lithophyta in Robert Plot's natural history of Staffordshire
Attached are 29 titles of his published papers (mainly on medical topics)

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EL/H4/2
Earliest possible date
29 March 1730
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Heinrich Heucher

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Johann Heinrich Heucher, Letter, from John Henry de Heucher to Hans Sloane, dated at Dresden, 29 March 1730, EL/H4/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h4_2/letter-from-john-henry-de-heucher-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-dresden, accessed on 22 March 2025

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