Letters, 'On the torpidity of swallows and martins' from James Cornish to Daines Barrington
Reference number: L&P/6/114
Date: 03 February 1775
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Consists of three letters.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Of the torpidity of swallows and martins. By James Cornish, Surgeon, at Totnes, Devonshire, in sundry letters to the honourable Daines Barrington, F. R. S. and Dr. Maty, Sec. R. S'
Read 26 May 1775
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- L&P/6/114
- Earliest possible date
- 03 February 1775
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- Ink on paper
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- 12 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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