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Letter, 'Concerning a natural curiosity (an alga swelling up in water)' from Alexander Geekie to Daniel Wray

Reference number: L&P/1/14

Date: 1741

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Has sent a natural curiosity.

Subject: Botany

Read 19 November 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/14
Earliest possible date
1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Alexander Geekie

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Alexander Geekie, Letter, 'Concerning a natural curiosity (an alga swelling up in water)' from Alexander Geekie to Daniel Wray, 1741, L&P/1/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_14/letter-concerning-a-natural-curiosity-an-alga-swelling-up-in-water-from-alexander-geekie-to-daniel-wray, accessed on 21 March 2025

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