Letter, 'Of a newly-discovered fish from the South Seas' from Michael Tyson to Michael Lort
Reference number: L&P/5/238
Date: 11 March 1771
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Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the Rev. M. Lort, B.D. F. R. S. containing an account of a singular fish, from the South Seas, by the Rev. Mr. Michael Tyson'
Read 9 May 1771
- Reference number
- L&P/5/238
- Earliest possible date
- 11 March 1771
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Michael Tyson, Letter, 'Of a newly-discovered fish from the South Seas' from Michael Tyson to Michael Lort, 11 March 1771, L&P/5/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_238/letter-of-a-newly-discovered-fish-from-the-south-seas-from-michael-tyson-to-michael-lort, accessed on 19 January 2026
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Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5
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