Letter, 'On the patella or limpet' from George Forbes to John Eaton Dodsworth

Reference number: L&P/3/345

Date: 1758

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter to John Eaton Dodsworth, Esq; from Dr. George Forbes of Bermuda, relating to the patella, or limpet fish, found there.'

Read 21 December 1758

Reference number: L&P/3/345
Earliest possible date: 1758
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript

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George Forbes

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George Forbes, Letter, 'On the patella or limpet' from George Forbes to John Eaton Dodsworth, 1758, L&P/3/345, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_345/letter-on-the-patella-or-limpet-from-george-forbes-to-john-eaton-dodsworth, accessed on 27 April 2025

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CXV. Extract of a letter to John Eaton Dodsworth, Esq; from Dr. George Forbes of Bermuda, relating to the patella, or limpet fish, found there. External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1757

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1757.0116

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
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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