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Letter, 'Of a coralline' from John Ellis to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/432

Date: 15 March 1753

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on a remarkable coral-line, in a letter from Mr. John Ellis to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.'

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L&P/2/432
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15 March 1753
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ellis

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John Ellis, Letter, 'Of a coralline' from John Ellis to Thomas Birch, 15 March 1753, L&P/2/432, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_432/letter-of-a-coralline-from-john-ellis-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 09 July 2025

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