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Subject: Zoology

Read 13 June 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/403
Earliest possible date
04 May 1745
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

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Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, Letter, 'Of preserving birds; of magnets' from Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur to Martin Folkes, 04 May 1745, L&P/1/403, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_403/letter-of-preserving-birds-of-magnets-from-rene-antoine-ferchault-de-reaumur-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 11 February 2025

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