Paper, 'Of the cells of the bee' by Colin MacLaurin
Reference number: L&P/1/221
Date: 30 June 1743
Description
Contains three figures.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Of the bases of the cells wherein the bees deposite their honey. Part of a letter from Mr. MacLaurin, Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh, and F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S.'
Read 3 November 1743
- Reference number
- L&P/1/221
- Earliest possible date
- 30 June 1743
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 10 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Colin MacLaurin, Paper, 'Of the cells of the bee' by Colin MacLaurin, 30 June 1743, L&P/1/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_221/paper-of-the-cells-of-the-bee-by-colin-maclaurin, accessed on 16 June 2026
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