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Letter, 'Of certain fossils - oysters, belemnites' from Joshua Platt to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/499

Date: 22 March 1754

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Subject: Geology

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L&P/2/499
Earliest possible date
22 March 1754
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Joshua Platt

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Joshua Platt, Letter, 'Of certain fossils - oysters, belemnites' from Joshua Platt to Peter Collinson, 22 March 1754, L&P/2/499, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_499/letter-of-certain-fossils-oysters-belemnites-from-joshua-platt-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 12 February 2025

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