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'Nova literaria Physico medica curiosa containing a Description of the Cereus peruvianus which flower'd at Norimberg in the Year 1730' communicated to Hans Sloane by John George Steigertahl

Reference number: RBO/15/57

Date: 1730

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Read to the Royal Society on 18 February 1730

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RBO/15/57
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1730
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'Nova literaria Physico medica curiosa containing a Description of the Cereus peruvianus which flower'd at Norimberg in the Year 1730' communicated to Hans Sloane by John George Steigertahl, 1730, RBO/15/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_57/nova-literaria-physico-medica-curiosa-containing-a-description-of-the-cereus-peruvianus-which-flowerd-at-norimberg-in-the-year-1730-communicated-to-hans-sloane-by-john-george-steigertahl, accessed on 07 August 2026

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