Letter, 'Of a remarkable fossil Orthocertites' from Edward Wright to Peter Collinson
Reference number: L&P/3/174
Date: 18 May 1756
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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, 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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CIV. An account of a remarkable fossil, in a letter from Edward Wright, M. D. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1755
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0105
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Letter, 'Of a remarkable fossil Orthoceratites' from Edward Wright to Peter Collinson [Second letter]
Creator: Edward Wright Reference number: L&P/3/175
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3
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Peter Collinson
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