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Letter, 'Concerning a water animal (hydra) which being cut into pieces becomes so many perfect animals' from John Frid Gronovius to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/1/131

Date: 1742

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from J. F. Gronovius, M. D. at Leyden, November 1742. to Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a water insect, which, being cut into several pieces, becomes so many perfect animals'.

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L&P/1/131
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1742
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Friedrich Gronovius

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Johann Friedrich Gronovius, Letter, 'Concerning a water animal (hydra) which being cut into pieces becomes so many perfect animals' from John Frid Gronovius to Peter Collinson, 1742, L&P/1/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_131/letter-concerning-a-water-animal-hydra-which-being-cut-into-pieces-becomes-so-many-perfect-animals-from-john-frid-gronovius-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 11 February 2026

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