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Paper, 'Description of a rare species of worm shells near Sumatra' by John Griffiths and Everard Home

Reference number: L&P/12/129

Date: 1806

Description

Contains eleven plates.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S'

Read 13 February 1806

Reference number
L&P/12/129
Earliest possible date
1806
Physical description
Ink on paper and eleven plates
Page extent
48 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Griffiths

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Everard Home

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John Griffiths, Everard Home, Paper, 'Description of a rare species of worm shells near Sumatra' by John Griffiths and Everard Home, 1806, L&P/12/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_129/paper-description-of-a-rare-species-of-worm-shells-near-sumatra-by-john-griffiths-and-everard-home, accessed on 06 June 2026

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