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Letter, from Robert Wittie to Mr [John] Brook, dated at York

Reference number: EL/W3/48

Date: 01 January 1672

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Account of the dissection of a dolphin which had been brought in by the fishermen at Scarborough

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EL/W3/48
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01 January 1672
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Robert Wittie

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Robert Wittie, Letter, from Robert Wittie to Mr [John] Brook, dated at York, 01 January 1672, EL/W3/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_48/letter-from-robert-wittie-to-mr-john-brook-dated-at-york, accessed on 12 February 2026

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