Paper, 'On the fresh-water polype' by Abraham Trembley

Reference number: L&P/1/271

Date: 31 March 1744

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Contains letter and plate with illustrations.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Translation of a letter from Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. to the President, with observations upon several newly discover’d species of fresh-water Polypi'

Read 5 April 1744

Reference number: L&P/1/271
Earliest possible date: 31 March 1744
Physical description: Ink on paper and plate
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Abraham Trembley

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Abraham Trembley, Paper, 'On the fresh-water polype' by Abraham Trembley, 31 March 1744, L&P/1/271, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_271/paper-on-the-fresh-water-polype-by-abraham-trembley, accessed on 23 March 2025

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X. Translation of a letter from Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. to the President, with observations upon several newly discover’d species of fresh-water Polypi External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1744

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1744.0040

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1

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