Letter, 'Of the Jaculator fish' from Peter Simon Pallas to Peter Collinson
Reference number: L&P/4/333
Date: 20 October 1764
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Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some further intelligence relating to the jaculator fish, mentioned in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764, Art. XIV. from Mr. Hommel, at Batavia [colonial name of the capital of the Dutch East Indies, now Jakarta, Indonesia], together with the description of another species, by Dr. Pallas, F. R. S. in a letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. from John Albert Schlosser, M.D. F. R. S.'
Read 15 May 1766
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- L&P/4/333
- Earliest possible date
- 20 October 1764
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- Ink on paper
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Peter Simon Pallas, Letter, 'Of the Jaculator fish' from Peter Simon Pallas to Peter Collinson, 20 October 1764, L&P/4/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_333/letter-of-the-jaculator-fish-from-peter-simon-pallas-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 13 December 2024
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XXI. Some further intelligence relating to the jaculator fish, mentioned in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764, Art. XIV. from Mr. Hommel, at Batavia, together with the description of another species, by Dr. Pallas, F. R. S. in a letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. from John Albert Schlosser, M.D. F. R. S. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1766
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1766.0021
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Decade 4 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1760-1767 Reference number: L&P/4
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