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Letter, 'About Mr Pickering's paper on the seeds of mushrooms' from William Watson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/229

Date: 17 November 1743

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Subject: Mycology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some remarks occasioned by the precedeing paper, addressed to the Royal Society by Mr. William Watson, Apothecary, and F. R. S'

Read 29 November 1743

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L&P/1/229
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17 November 1743
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Letter, 'About Mr Pickering's paper on the seeds of mushrooms' from William Watson to the Royal Society, 17 November 1743, L&P/1/229, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_229/letter-about-mr-pickerings-paper-on-the-seeds-of-mushrooms-from-william-watson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 01 December 2024

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