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Paper, 'Of the seeding of mosses' by John Hill

Reference number: L&P/1/450

Date: 06 February 1746

Description

Contains three small figures.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. John Hill, Apothecary, to the President, concerning the manner of the seeding of mosses; and in particular of the Hypnum terrestre, trichoides, luteovirenus, vulgare, majus, captiulis erectis. Raii Synops. ed. 3. pag. 84'

Read 13 February 1746

Reference number
L&P/1/450
Earliest possible date
06 February 1746
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the seeding of mosses' by John Hill, 06 February 1746, L&P/1/450, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_450/paper-of-the-seeding-of-mosses-by-john-hill, accessed on 12 October 2026

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