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Paper, 'Of gossamere (spider)' by James Burrow

Reference number: L&P/3/374

Date: 31 March 1759

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Subject: Zoology

Read 5 April 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/374
Earliest possible date
31 March 1759
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Burrow

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James Burrow, Paper, 'Of gossamere (spider)' by James Burrow, 31 March 1759, L&P/3/374, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_374/paper-of-gossamere-spider-by-james-burrow, accessed on 10 February 2025

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