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Paper, 'Description of the sea-snake (octopus)' by John Blankett

Reference number: L&P/6/36

Date: 1774

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Subject: Zoology

Read 10 March 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/36
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1774
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Description of the sea-snake (octopus)' by John Blankett, 1774, L&P/6/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_36/paper-description-of-the-sea-snake-octopus-by-john-blankett, accessed on 22 July 2026

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