Paper, 'On the freshwater polyp' by Martin Folkes
Reference number: L&P/1/179
Date: 24 March 1742

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Paper and illustration.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of the insect called the fresh-water Polypus, before-mentioned in these transactions, as the same was delivered at a meeting of the Royal Society, by the president, on Thursday, March 24. 1742-3.'
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- L&P/1/179
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- 24 March 1742
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- Page extent
- 11 pages
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- Manuscript
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Martin Folkes, Paper, 'On the freshwater polyp' by Martin Folkes, 24 March 1742, L&P/1/179, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_179/paper-on-the-freshwater-polyp-by-martin-folkes, accessed on 10 February 2025
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