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Letter, 'On Isaac Matthew's paper on a worm from Dominique [Dominica] having a plant growing from the head' from Emanuel Mendez Da Costa to George Edwards

Reference number: L&P/4/54

Date: 05 March 1761

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Subject: Zoology

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Reference number
L&P/4/54
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05 March 1761
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Emanuel Mendes da Costa

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Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Letter, 'On Isaac Matthew's paper on a worm from Dominique [Dominica] having a plant growing from the head' from Emanuel Mendez Da Costa to George Edwards, 05 March 1761, L&P/4/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_54/letter-on-isaac-matthews-paper-on-a-worm-from-dominique-dominica-having-a-plant-growing-from-the-head-from-emanuel-mendez-da-costa-to-george-edwards, accessed on 03 November 2024

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