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Contains plate.

Subject: Archaeology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of some bones found in the rock of Gibraltar, in a letter from John Boddington, Esq; to Dr. William Hunter, F. R. S. with some remarks from Dr. Hunter in a letter to Dr. Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S'

Read 1 February 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/152
Earliest possible date
1770
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of bones in the rock of Gibraltar' by John Boddington, 1770, L&P/5/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_152/paper-of-bones-in-the-rock-of-gibraltar-by-john-boddington, accessed on 14 May 2025

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