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Paper, 'On a strange fish from Filey Bay' by William Strikland

Reference number: L&P/11/24

Date: 1796

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Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

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Reference number
L&P/11/24
Earliest possible date
1796
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'On a strange fish from Filey Bay' by William Strikland, 1796, L&P/11/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_24/paper-on-a-strange-fish-from-filey-bay-by-william-strikland, accessed on 13 March 2026

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