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Paper, 'Of a rhinoceros, a beetle' by Robertus Carr Ribeiro

Reference number: L&P/1/273

Date: 1744

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Subject: Zoology

Read 5 April 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/273
Earliest possible date
1744
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a rhinoceros, a beetle' by Robertus Carr Ribeiro, 1744, L&P/1/273, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_273/paper-of-a-rhinoceros-a-beetle-by-robertus-carr-ribeiro, accessed on 18 July 2026

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