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Paper, 'Of a curious fleshy coral-like substance' by Johann Albert Schlosser

Reference number: L&P/3/89

Date: 22 January 1756

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Contains plate.

Subject: Botany/Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a curious, fleshy, coral-like substance; in a letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. from Dr, John Albert Schlosser, M. D, F. R. S. with some observation on it communicated to Mr. Collinson by Mr. John Ellis, F. R. S'

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L&P/3/89
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22 January 1756
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Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Jan Albert Schlosser

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Jan Albert Schlosser, Paper, 'Of a curious fleshy coral-like substance' by Johann Albert Schlosser, 22 January 1756, L&P/3/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_89/paper-of-a-curious-fleshy-coral-like-substance-by-johann-albert-schlosser, accessed on 21 May 2026

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