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Paper, 'The nyl-gau, an Indian animal' by William Hunter

Reference number: L&P/5/223

Date: 1771

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Subejct: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Nyl-ghau, an Indian animal, not hitherto described:'

Read 28 February 1771

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L&P/5/223
Earliest possible date
1771
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Ink on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hunter

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William Hunter, Paper, 'The nyl-gau, an Indian animal' by William Hunter, 1771, L&P/5/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_223/paper-the-nyl-gau-an-indian-animal-by-william-hunter, accessed on 14 December 2024

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