Paper, 'An account of a new electrical fish' by William Paterson

Reference number: L&P/8/191

Date: 16 March 1786

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Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a new electrical fish. In a letter from Lieutenant William Paterson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 11 May 1786

Reference number: L&P/8/191
Earliest possible date: 16 March 1786
Physical description: Ink on paper and plate
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Paterson

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William Paterson, Paper, 'An account of a new electrical fish' by William Paterson, 16 March 1786, L&P/8/191, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_191/paper-an-account-of-a-new-electrical-fish-by-william-paterson, accessed on 22 January 2025

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XIX. An account of a new electrical fish. In a letter from Lieutenant William Paterson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1786

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1786.0019

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 8 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1782-1786 Reference number: L&P/8

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