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Subject: Zoology

Read 4 November 1742

Reference number
L&P/1/122
Earliest possible date
1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Peter Collinson

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Peter Collinson, Letter, 'A note relating to vivaprous fish shewed by Mr Ames' from Peter Collinson to John Machin, 1742, L&P/1/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_122/letter-a-note-relating-to-vivaprous-fish-shewed-by-mr-ames-from-peter-collinson-to-john-machin, accessed on 13 February 2025

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    Dates: 1741-1806

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