'An Account of Elephant's teeth and Bones found underground' by Hans Sloane
Reference number: RBO/13/6
Date: 1727
Description
Discusses teeth in his collection
Transcribes Reverend Morton's account of an elephant's tooth found in Northamptonshire; transcribes E Ysbrants' description of teeth and bones found in Siberia
Also mentions that the skeleton of a large deer had been found in Ireland
Read to the Royal Society on 22 and 29 June 1727
- Reference number
- RBO/13/6
- Earliest possible date
- 1727
- Page extent
- 16 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An Account of Elephant's teeth and Bones found underground' by Hans Sloane, 1727, RBO/13/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_6/an-account-of-elephants-teeth-and-bones-found-underground-by-hans-sloane, accessed on 18 May 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 13, copies of papers communicated 1727-1728
1727-1728 Reference number: RBO/13
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