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Paper, 'Of animal and vegetable motion' by unknown author ('a country gentleman')

Reference number: L&P/4/176

Date: 1763

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Subject: Zoology

Read 15 December 1763

Reference number
L&P/4/176
Earliest possible date
1763
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Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of animal and vegetable motion' by unknown author ('a country gentleman'), 1763, L&P/4/176, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_176/paper-of-animal-and-vegetable-motion-by-unknown-author-a-country-gentleman, accessed on 09 June 2026

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