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Letter, 'Of trout, of freshwater polype' from John Tuberville Needham to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/204

Date: 14 June 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Read 23 June 1743.

Reference number
L&P/1/204
Earliest possible date
14 June 1743
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Turberville Needham

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John Turberville Needham, Letter, 'Of trout, of freshwater polype' from John Tuberville Needham to the President of the Royal Society, 14 June 1743, L&P/1/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_204/letter-of-trout-of-freshwater-polype-from-john-tuberville-needham-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 December 2024

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