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Letter, 'Of a monstrous calf & of seeds of St Igantius's bean' from Stephen Hales to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/351

Date: 1744

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Subject: Physiology/Zoology

Read 31 January 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/351
Earliest possible date
1744
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Stephen Hales

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Stephen Hales, Letter, 'Of a monstrous calf & of seeds of St Igantius's bean' from Stephen Hales to Martin Folkes, 1744, L&P/1/351, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_351/letter-of-a-monstrous-calf-of-seeds-of-st-igantiuss-bean-from-stephen-hales-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 18 May 2025

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