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Plates, 'Lemur tardigradus' by Anthony Carlisle

Reference number: L&P/11/119

Date: 1799

Description

Contains two plates.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a peculiarity in the distribution of the arteries sent to the limbs of slow-moving animals; together with some other similar facts. In a letter from Mr. Anthony Carlisle, surgeon, to John Symmons, Esq. F. R. S'

Read 9 January 1800

Reference number
L&P/11/119
Earliest possible date
1799
Physical description
Illustrations on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Anthony Carlisle

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Anthony Carlisle, Plates, 'Lemur tardigradus' by Anthony Carlisle, 1799, L&P/11/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_119/plates-lemur-tardigradus-by-anthony-carlisle, accessed on 06 March 2026

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