Paper, 'On the organs of speech of the Orang Outang' by Peter Camper
Reference number: L&P/7/85
Date: 1779
Description
Contains three plates.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the organs of speech of the orang outang. By Peter Camper, M. D. late Professor of Anatomy, &c. in the University of Groningen, and F. R. S. in a letter to Sir John Pringle, F. R. S'
Read 7 January 1779
- Reference number
- L&P/7/85
- Earliest possible date
- 1779
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and three plates
- Page extent
- 17 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Peter Camper, Paper, 'On the organs of speech of the Orang Outang' by Peter Camper, 1779, L&P/7/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_85/paper-on-the-organs-of-speech-of-the-orang-outang-by-peter-camper, accessed on 26 April 2025
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