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Paper, 'Observations on the bones, supposed to be those of elephants, found near Ohio' by William Hunter

Reference number: L&P/5/8

Date: 20 December 1767

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Subject: Archaeology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the bones, commonly supposed to be elephants bones, which have been found near the river Ohio in America'

Read 25 February 1768

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L&P/5/8
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20 December 1767
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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, 'Observations on the bones, supposed to be those of elephants, found near Ohio' by William Hunter, 20 December 1767, L&P/5/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_8/paper-observations-on-the-bones-supposed-to-be-those-of-elephants-found-near-ohio-by-william-hunter, accessed on 07 December 2024

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