Translated extract of a letter, from Dr [Johann Georg] Steigertahl to Hans Sloane, dated at Hanover

Reference number: EL/S2/97

Date: 20 April 1736

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Translation from the French
Account of the unicorn fish caught from the river Ost in the Duchy of Bremen - over 17 feet long with prominent tooth of 6 feet
Explanations to a figure are given but illustration not attached

Reference number: EL/S2/97
Earliest possible date: 20 April 1736
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Johann Georg Steigertahl

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Johann Georg Steigertahl, Johann Georg Steigerthal, Translated extract of a letter, from Dr [Johann Georg] Steigertahl to Hans Sloane, dated at Hanover, 20 April 1736, EL/S2/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_97/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-dr-johann-georg-steigertahl-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-hanover, accessed on 17 April 2026

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters S2
1686-1738 Reference number: EL/S2

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