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'An account of the Veins and Arteries of Leaves' by Frank Nicholls

Reference number: RBO/14/127

Date: 1730

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Mentioning the work of Dr Fuller in Holland and Ruysch and Albert Seba at Amsterdam who had dissected leaves
Engraved figure from 'Philosophical Transactions'
Read to the Royal Society on 11 June 1730

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RBO/14/127
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
2 side
Format
Manuscript

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'An account of the Veins and Arteries of Leaves' by Frank Nicholls, 1730, RBO/14/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_127/an-account-of-the-veins-and-arteries-of-leaves-by-frank-nicholls, accessed on 28 April 2025

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