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Paper, 'Of a bone found in a ship's bottom' by Beck

Reference number: L&P/1/317

Date: 1744

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Contains plate with two figures.

Subject: Anatomy/Zoology

Read 15 November 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/317
Earliest possible date
1744
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a bone found in a ship's bottom' by Beck, 1744, L&P/1/317, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_317/paper-of-a-bone-found-in-a-ships-bottom-by-beck, accessed on 12 December 2024

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