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Paper, 'Some anatomical observations on ornithorhynchus paradoxus of New South Wales' by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Reference number: L&P/11/133

Date: 1800

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5 pages in German and 4 pages in English. Contains two plates.

Subject: Zoology

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Reference number
L&P/11/133
Earliest possible date
1800
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Paper, 'Some anatomical observations on ornithorhynchus paradoxus of New South Wales' by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, 1800, L&P/11/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_133/paper-some-anatomical-observations-on-ornithorhynchus-paradoxus-of-new-south-wales-by-johann-friedrich-blumenbach, accessed on 24 January 2025

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