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'An account of a Pair of very extraordinary large Horns found in Wapping some Years since' by Hans Sloane

Reference number: RBO/12/89

Date: 1727

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Suggests what animal the horns belong to - large bulls or cows from East Indies, Ethiopian bulls
Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1727

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RBO/12/89
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1727
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10 pages
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'An account of a Pair of very extraordinary large Horns found in Wapping some Years since' by Hans Sloane, 1727, RBO/12/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_89/an-account-of-a-pair-of-very-extraordinary-large-horns-found-in-wapping-some-years-since-by-hans-sloane, accessed on 23 March 2025

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