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Translation of an extract of a letter, from James Theodorus Klein to Hans Sloane, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)

Reference number: EL/K/39

Date: 01 January 1739

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States that he will send his small work about the history of fish (stones in their skulls, the hearing of fish and observations of dissected male and female porpoises) when the engravings have been completed by Clifford of Amsterdam; recommends de Superville, privy counsellor to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, to the Royal Society
Original letter was in Latin and dated 21 October 1739

Extract from a letter of de Superville to Klein to attached stating that he would like to be elected to the Fellowship
Original letter was in French and dated 3 October 1739

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EL/K/39
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01 January 1739
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Jacobus Theodorus Klein

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James Theodorus Klein

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Jacobus Theodorus Klein, James Theodorus Klein, Translation of an extract of a letter, from James Theodorus Klein to Hans Sloane, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 01 January 1739, EL/K/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_k_39/translation-of-an-extract-of-a-letter-from-james-theodorus-klein-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 18 July 2026

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