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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a remarkable fossil, in a letter from Edward Wright, M. D. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S'

Read 3 June 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/174
Earliest possible date
18 May 1756
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Wright

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Edward Wright, Letter, 'Of a remarkable fossil Orthocertites' from Edward Wright to Peter Collinson, 18 May 1756, L&P/3/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_174/letter-of-a-remarkable-fossil-orthocertites-from-edward-wright-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 12 February 2026

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