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Letter, 'Note on Reamaur's history of insects, 6th volume, being an extract from a letter referring to the account of Trembley's freshwater polype' from Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/1/174

Date: 6 February 1742

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Subject: Zoology

Read 3 March 1742

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L&P/1/174
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6 February 1742
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Letter, 'Note on Reamaur's history of insects, 6th volume, being an extract from a letter referring to the account of Trembley's freshwater polype' from Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to unknown recipient, 6 February 1742, L&P/1/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_174/letter-note-on-reamaurs-history-of-insects-6th-volume-being-an-extract-from-a-letter-referring-to-the-account-of-trembleys-freshwater-polype-from-pierre-louis-moreau-de-maupertuis-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 17 March 2026

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    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

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