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Letter, from William Molyneux [to the Royal Society], dated at Dublin

Reference number: EL/M1/86

Date: 09 October 1684

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Account of the 'connough worm' which Molyneux states is the 'only poysonous Animal in Our Kingdom'
Figures are not attached but explanations for two figures are. Figures published in 'Philosophical Transactions'.
Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1684

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EL/M1/86
Earliest possible date
09 October 1684
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Molyneux

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William Molyneux, Letter, from William Molyneux [to the Royal Society], dated at Dublin, 09 October 1684, EL/M1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_86/letter-from-william-molyneux-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 24 April 2025

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