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Paper, 'The nature and laws of muscular action [Croonian Lecture 1789]' by William Blizard

Reference number: L&P/9/148

Date: 1789

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L&P/9/148
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1789
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William Blizard

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William Blizard, Paper, 'The nature and laws of muscular action [Croonian Lecture 1789]' by William Blizard, 1789, L&P/9/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_148/paper-the-nature-and-laws-of-muscular-action-croonian-lecture-1789-by-william-blizard, accessed on 12 May 2025

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