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Letter, 'Descriptions of several new species of barnacle' from John Ellis to Isaac Romilly

Reference number: L&P/3/344

Date: 21 December 1758

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of several rare species of barnacles. In a letter to Mr. Isaac Romilly, F. R. S. from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S.

Read 21 December 1758

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L&P/3/344
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21 December 1758
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ellis

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John Ellis, Letter, 'Descriptions of several new species of barnacle' from John Ellis to Isaac Romilly, 21 December 1758, L&P/3/344, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_344/letter-descriptions-of-several-new-species-of-barnacle-from-john-ellis-to-isaac-romilly, accessed on 10 February 2026

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