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Paper, 'Account of the external appearances of the double horned rhinoceros of Sumatra' by William Bell

Reference number: L&P/10/27

Date: 09 March 1792

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Contains three plates.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of the double horned rhinoceros of Sumatra'

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Reference number
L&P/10/27
Earliest possible date
09 March 1792
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of the external appearances of the double horned rhinoceros of Sumatra' by William Bell, 09 March 1792, L&P/10/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_27/paper-account-of-the-external-appearances-of-the-double-horned-rhinoceros-of-sumatra-by-william-bell, accessed on 17 July 2026

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