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Paper, 'An account of Philip Friedrich Gmelin's book 'Flora Sibirica'' by William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/442

Date: 1753

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a treatise, presented to the Royal Society, intitled, flora sibirica five historia plantarum Sibiriæ tomus secundus, extracted and translated from the Latin of Professor Gmelin, by W. Watson, F. R. S'

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L&P/2/442
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1753
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Ink on paper
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Philip Friedrich Gmelin

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William Watson

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Philip Friedrich Gmelin, William Watson, Paper, 'An account of Philip Friedrich Gmelin's book 'Flora Sibirica'' by William Watson, 1753, L&P/2/442, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_442/paper-an-account-of-philip-friedrich-gmelins-book-flora-sibirica-by-william-watson, accessed on 12 May 2025

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