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Paper, 'Some account of the phoca of sea-calf (vitulus marinus)' by James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/163

Date: 1742

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Contains paper and one plate with two figures.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of the Phoca Vitulus marinus or sea-calf, shewed at Charing-Cross, in Feb. 1741-3. by Ja. Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.'.

Read 17 February 1742

Reference number
L&P/1/163
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1742
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Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Paper, 'Some account of the phoca of sea-calf (vitulus marinus)' by James Parsons, 1742, L&P/1/163, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_163/paper-some-account-of-the-phoca-of-sea-calf-vitulus-marinus-by-james-parsons, accessed on 15 October 2024

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