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Paper, 'Memoire sur l'origine de la Belemnite [Memorandum on the origin of Belemnite]' by Philippe Fermin

Reference number: L&P/5/24

Date: 1768

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7 pages in French, with 4 pages of English translation. Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Read 14 April 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/24
Earliest possible date
1768
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Memoire sur l'origine de la Belemnite [Memorandum on the origin of Belemnite]' by Philippe Fermin, 1768, L&P/5/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_24/paper-memoire-sur-lorigine-de-la-belemnite-memorandum-on-the-origin-of-belemnite-by-philippe-fermin, accessed on 11 July 2025

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