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Paper, 'Of an octopus' by L Nicola

Reference number: L&P/4/101

Date: 26 September 1761

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Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Read 11 March 1762

Reference number
L&P/4/101
Earliest possible date
26 September 1761
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of an octopus' by L Nicola, 26 September 1761, L&P/4/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_101/paper-of-an-octopus-by-l-nicola, accessed on 12 December 2024

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