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Paper, 'Of a feathered hen's egg' by Leonard Stocke

Reference number: L&P/1/249

Date: 26 December 1743

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3 pages in Dutch and 5 pages in English.

Subject: Zoology

Read 12 January 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/249
Earliest possible date
26 December 1743
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a feathered hen's egg' by Leonard Stocke, 26 December 1743, L&P/1/249, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_249/paper-of-a-feathered-hens-egg-by-leonard-stocke, accessed on 14 July 2025

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