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Letter, 'On corals' from James Parsons to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/316

Date: 17 June 1752

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. to the Rev. Mr. Birch, Secr. R. S. concerning the formation of corals, corallines, &c'

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L&P/2/316
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17 June 1752
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Letter, 'On corals' from James Parsons to Thomas Birch, 17 June 1752, L&P/2/316, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_316/letter-on-corals-from-james-parsons-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 09 December 2024

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