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Account of a worm from Holland by G Sellius

Reference number: RBO/18/4

Date: 1732

Description

Original letter dated 22 July 1732
Worm is five or six inches long, and sometimes found to be three feet long
Details of the piles (wormcasts?) made by the worm
Original figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October and 2 November 1732

Reference number
RBO/18/4
Earliest possible date
1732
Page extent
25 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Account of a worm from Holland by G Sellius, 1732, RBO/18/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_4/account-of-a-worm-from-holland-by-g-sellius, accessed on 18 April 2025

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