Letter, from Alexander Stuart [to the Royal Society], dated at Leyden
Reference number: EL/S2/34
Date: 30 June 1711
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Details of an experiment with a rabbit placed in an air pump and then the air extracted; details of the dissection of the rabbit given
Read to the Royal Society on 12 July 1711
- Reference number
- EL/S2/34
- Earliest possible date
- 30 June 1711
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Alexander Stuart
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Alexander Stuart, Alexander Stuart, Letter, from Alexander Stuart [to the Royal Society], dated at Leyden, 30 June 1711, EL/S2/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_34/letter-from-alexander-stuart-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 12 February 2026
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