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Paper, 'On the hardness of shells' by Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/1/265

Date: 1743

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some observations on the hardness of shells, and on the food of the soal-fish; by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S'

Read 15 March 1743

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L&P/1/265
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1743
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4 pages
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Peter Collinson

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Peter Collinson, Paper, 'On the hardness of shells' by Peter Collinson, 1743, L&P/1/265, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_265/paper-on-the-hardness-of-shells-by-peter-collinson, accessed on 18 April 2025

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