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Letter, 'Experiments and observations on the dissolution absorption of dead animal matter from cavities of living animals' from Pierce Smith to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/10/147

Date: 01 January 1796

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Subject: Zoology

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Reference number
L&P/10/147
Earliest possible date
01 January 1796
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
40 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Experiments and observations on the dissolution absorption of dead animal matter from cavities of living animals' from Pierce Smith to Joseph Banks, 01 January 1796, L&P/10/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_147/letter-experiments-and-observations-on-the-dissolution-absorption-of-dead-animal-matter-from-cavities-of-living-animals-from-pierce-smith-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 21 April 2025

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