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Paper, 'Of fossil starfish in 'granate' from Antigua' by Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/3/381

Date: 03 May 1759

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L&P/3/381
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03 May 1759
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Baker, Paper, 'Of fossil starfish in 'granate' from Antigua' by Henry Baker, 03 May 1759, L&P/3/381, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_381/paper-of-fossil-starfish-in-granate-from-antigua-by-henry-baker, accessed on 14 September 2026

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