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Letter, 'Concerning certain small and white worms found in dissecting trout' from John Tuberville Needham to James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/193

Date: 27 May 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Read 2 June 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/193
Earliest possible date
27 May 1743
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Turberville Needham

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John Turberville Needham, Letter, 'Concerning certain small and white worms found in dissecting trout' from John Tuberville Needham to James Parsons, 27 May 1743, L&P/1/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_193/letter-concerning-certain-small-and-white-worms-found-in-dissecting-trout-from-john-tuberville-needham-to-james-parsons, accessed on 14 December 2024

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