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Paper, 'An attempt towards a general view of the distribution of heat through the different objects of nature, with particular application to the first principles on animal life' by John Sherman Enfield

Reference number: L&P/9/121

Date: 1789

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Subject: Zoology

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L&P/9/121
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1789
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61 pages
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Paper, 'An attempt towards a general view of the distribution of heat through the different objects of nature, with particular application to the first principles on animal life' by John Sherman Enfield, 1789, L&P/9/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_121/paper-an-attempt-towards-a-general-view-of-the-distribution-of-heat-through-the-different-objects-of-nature-with-particular-application-to-the-first-principles-on-animal-life-by-john-sherman-enfield, accessed on 13 July 2026

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