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Letter, 'Of an echinus from the Isle of Bourbon' from Gustavus Brander to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/58

Date: 11 December 1755

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a remarkable echinus:'

Read 11 December 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/58
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11 December 1755
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Gustavus Brander

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Gustavus Brander, Letter, 'Of an echinus from the Isle of Bourbon' from Gustavus Brander to the Royal Society, 11 December 1755, L&P/3/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_58/letter-of-an-echinus-from-the-isle-of-bourbon-from-gustavus-brander-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 22 January 2025

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