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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. from Mr. Philip Miller, F. R. S. concerning a mistake of Professor Gmelin, concerning the sphondylium vulgare hirsutum of Caspar Bauhin'

Read 3 May 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/447
Earliest possible date
02 May 1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Philip Miller

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Philip Miller, Paper, 'Of a mistake made by Gmelin about a Sphondylium' by Philip Miller, 02 May 1753, L&P/2/447, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_447/paper-of-a-mistake-made-by-gmelin-about-a-sphondylium-by-philip-miller, accessed on 17 July 2026

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