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Letter, 'As to the sham feathered egg shown on Thursday last' from Thomas Stack to John Machin

Reference number: L&P/1/251

Date: 16 January 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Read 19 January 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/251
Earliest possible date
16 January 1743
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Thomas Stack

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Thomas Stack, Letter, 'As to the sham feathered egg shown on Thursday last' from Thomas Stack to John Machin, 16 January 1743, L&P/1/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_251/letter-as-to-the-sham-feathered-egg-shown-on-thursday-last-from-thomas-stack-to-john-machin, accessed on 05 November 2024

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