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Letter, 'Of the manna tree and the tarantula' from Domenico Cirillo to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/5/173

Date: 07 February 1770

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Dr. William Watson, F. R. S. giving some account of the manna tree, and of the tarantula'

Read 26 April 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/173
Earliest possible date
07 February 1770
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the manna tree and the tarantula' from Domenico Cirillo to William Watson, 07 February 1770, L&P/5/173, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_173/letter-of-the-manna-tree-and-the-tarantula-from-domenico-cirillo-to-william-watson, accessed on 14 June 2026

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