Paper, 'Of certain minute British shells' by John Lightfoot
Reference number: L&P/8/167
Date: 13 May 1785
Description
Contains five plates.
Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some minute British shells, either not duly observed, or totally unnoticed by authors. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S. by the Rev. John Lightfoot, M. A. F. R. S.'
Read 26 January 1786
- Reference number
- L&P/8/167
- Earliest possible date
- 13 May 1785
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and five plates
- Page extent
- 28 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Lightfoot, Paper, 'Of certain minute British shells' by John Lightfoot, 13 May 1785, L&P/8/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_167/paper-of-certain-minute-british-shells-by-john-lightfoot, accessed on 14 November 2024
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