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Paper, 'Description of the anatomy of the Orithorhynchus hystrix' by Everard Home

Reference number: L&P/12/27

Date: 1802

Description

Contains seven plates.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of the anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus Hystrix'

Read 3 June 1802

Reference number
L&P/12/27
Earliest possible date
1802
Physical description
Ink on paper and seven plates
Page extent
40 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Everard Home

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James Everard Home, Paper, 'Description of the anatomy of the Orithorhynchus hystrix' by Everard Home, 1802, L&P/12/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_27/paper-description-of-the-anatomy-of-the-orithorhynchus-hystrix-by-everard-home, accessed on 14 December 2024

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