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Paper, 'Of the sex of plants' by William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/197

Date: 20 February 1751

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some observations upon the sex of flowers by W. Watson, F. R. S. occasioned by a letter upon the same subject, by Mr. Mylius of Berlin'

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L&P/2/197
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20 February 1751
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Ink on paper
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Paper, 'Of the sex of plants' by William Watson, 20 February 1751, L&P/2/197, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_197/paper-of-the-sex-of-plants-by-william-watson, accessed on 16 September 2024

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