Paper, 'Account of the gymnotus electricus' by John Hunter
Reference number: L&P/6/121
Date: 1775

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Contains three plates.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Gymnotus Electricus.'
Read 23 March 1775
- Reference number
- L&P/6/121
- Earliest possible date
- 1775
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and three plates
- Page extent
- 37 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Hunter, Paper, 'Account of the gymnotus electricus' by John Hunter, 1775, L&P/6/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_121/paper-account-of-the-gymnotus-electricus-by-john-hunter, accessed on 17 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1775
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0040
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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