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Paper, 'On corals' by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/3/260

Date: 28 April 1757

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Contains four plates.

Subject: Botany

Read 23 May 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/260
Earliest possible date
28 April 1757
Physical description
Ink on paper and four plates
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Stukeley

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William Stukeley, Paper, 'On corals' by William Stukeley, 28 April 1757, L&P/3/260, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_260/paper-on-corals-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 20 June 2025

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