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Paper, 'Of the freshwater polyp' by Edward Milward

Reference number: L&P/1/180

Date: 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Read 14 April 1743.

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L&P/1/180
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1743
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Milward

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Edward Milward, Paper, 'Of the freshwater polyp' by Edward Milward, 1743, L&P/1/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_180/paper-of-the-freshwater-polyp-by-edward-milward, accessed on 23 January 2026

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