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Paper, 'Production of heat by animals and vegetables' by John Hunter

Reference number: L&P/6/125

Date: 1775

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Subject: Natural sciences

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on animals and vegetables, with respect to the power of producing heat'

Read 22 June 1775

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L&P/6/125
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1775
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Ink on paper
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23 pages
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John Hunter

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John Hunter, Paper, 'Production of heat by animals and vegetables' by John Hunter, 1775, L&P/6/125, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_125/paper-production-of-heat-by-animals-and-vegetables-by-john-hunter, accessed on 14 May 2025

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