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Letter, from Robert Sibbald [to the Royal Society] dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: EL/S2/2

Date: 19 April 1692

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Observations of several different species of whales
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1692

Reference number
EL/S2/2
Earliest possible date
19 April 1692
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Sir; Robert Sibbald

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Sir; Robert Sibbald, Letter, from Robert Sibbald [to the Royal Society] dated at Edinburgh, 19 April 1692, EL/S2/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_2/letter-from-robert-sibbald-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 12 January 2025

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