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Letter, from William Wyatt to Dr Plumpton, dated at Plymouth

Reference number: EL/W3/96

Date: 14 December 1708

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Account of a baby boy with deformed arms and ruptures at his naval
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Read to the Royal Society on 12 January 1709

Reference number
EL/W3/96
Earliest possible date
14 December 1708
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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William Wyatt

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William Wyatt, Letter, from William Wyatt to Dr Plumpton, dated at Plymouth, 14 December 1708, EL/W3/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_96/letter-from-william-wyatt-to-dr-plumpton-dated-at-plymouth, accessed on 02 December 2024

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