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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the nature and formation of sponges: In a letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F. R. S. to Dr. Solander, F. R. S'

Read 19 December 1765

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L&P/4/290
Earliest possible date
1765
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ellis

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John Ellis, Letter, 'Of the nature and formation of sponges' from John Ellis to Daniel Charles Solander, 1765, L&P/4/290, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_290/letter-of-the-nature-and-formation-of-sponges-from-john-ellis-to-daniel-charles-solander, accessed on 03 November 2024

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