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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

The History of Tamarinds by Mr Tournefort

Reference number: MS/366/5/8

Date: 1699

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A note on the first page states that the paper was read on 21 May 1707. A second note states that 'Mem Acad June 8 1699'. A note on the inside front cover of the volume states 'from the Memoirs of the Academie 1699. Not worth cataloguing'.

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MS/366/5/8
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1699
Page extent
16 pages
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Manuscript

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The History of Tamarinds by Mr Tournefort, 1699, MS/366/5/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_366_5_8/the-history-of-tamarinds-by-mr-tournefort, accessed on 15 November 2025

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