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Paper, 'Of dead fish after a thunderstorm' by Michael Lort

Reference number: L&P/7/219

Date: 1781

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Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Read 21 June 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/219
Earliest possible date
1781
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of dead fish after a thunderstorm' by Michael Lort, 1781, L&P/7/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_219/paper-of-dead-fish-after-a-thunderstorm-by-michael-lort, accessed on 07 December 2025

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