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Letter, 'An account of the 'Memoire sur le Pholade' by Delafaille' from James Parsons to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/239

Date: 03 November 1764

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Subject: Book review

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Pholas conoïdes'

Read 10 January 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/239
Earliest possible date
03 November 1764
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Letter, 'An account of the 'Memoire sur le Pholade' by Delafaille' from James Parsons to Thomas Birch, 03 November 1764, L&P/4/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_239/letter-an-account-of-the-memoire-sur-le-pholade-by-delafaille-from-james-parsons-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 16 September 2024

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