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Letter, 'Of certain worms whose parts live after having been cut asunder' from Thomas Lord to William Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/195

Date: 01 June 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from the Revd Mr. Thomas Lord, to William Folkes, Esq; F. R. S. concerning some worms whose parts live after they have been cut asunder'.

Read 9 June 1743.

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L&P/1/195
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01 June 1743
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Howard

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Thomas Howard, Letter, 'Of certain worms whose parts live after having been cut asunder' from Thomas Lord to William Folkes, 01 June 1743, L&P/1/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_195/letter-of-certain-worms-whose-parts-live-after-having-been-cut-asunder-from-thomas-lord-to-william-folkes, accessed on 12 May 2026

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