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Letter, 'Effects of heat and cold on butterflies and moths' from Thomas Harmer to Samuel Clark

Reference number: L&P/6/59

Date: 13 July 1773

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Subject: Zoology

Read 16 June 1774

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L&P/6/59
Earliest possible date
13 July 1773
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Effects of heat and cold on butterflies and moths' from Thomas Harmer to Samuel Clark, 13 July 1773, L&P/6/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_59/letter-effects-of-heat-and-cold-on-butterflies-and-moths-from-thomas-harmer-to-samuel-clark, accessed on 03 December 2024

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