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Letter, 'Of corallines' from John Ellis to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/517

Date: 1754

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a particular species of coralline'

Read 13 June 1754

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L&P/2/517
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1754
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ellis

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John Ellis, Letter, 'Of corallines' from John Ellis to Peter Collinson, 1754, L&P/2/517, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_517/letter-of-corallines-from-john-ellis-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 17 January 2025

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