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Paper, 'Of a worm from Dominique [Dominica] having a plant growing from the head' by Isaac Matthew

Reference number: L&P/4/52

Date: 1761

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Contains small plate.

Subject: Zoology

Read 26 February 1761

Reference number
L&P/4/52
Earliest possible date
1761
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a worm from Dominique [Dominica] having a plant growing from the head' by Isaac Matthew, 1761, L&P/4/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_52/paper-of-a-worm-from-dominique-dominica-having-a-plant-growing-from-the-head-by-isaac-matthew, accessed on 14 December 2024

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