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Letter, 'Of his paper des sens and his machine' from Claude Nicholas Le Cat to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/157

Date: 25 November 1742

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Subject: Anatomy

Read 3 February 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/157
Earliest possible date
25 November 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Claude Nicholas Le Cat

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Claude Nicholas Le Cat, Letter, 'Of his paper des sens and his machine' from Claude Nicholas Le Cat to Cromwell Mortimer, 25 November 1742, L&P/1/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_157/letter-of-his-paper-des-sens-and-his-machine-from-claude-nicholas-le-cat-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 22 April 2026

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