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Letter, 'On the libella' from Peter Collinson to Hans Sloane

Reference number: L&P/1/350

Date: 23 June 1744

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Subject: Physiology

Read 31 January 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/350
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23 June 1744
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Collinson

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Peter Collinson, Letter, 'On the libella' from Peter Collinson to Hans Sloane, 23 June 1744, L&P/1/350, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_350/letter-on-the-libella-from-peter-collinson-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 13 October 2024

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