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'The Measure Of a Herring caught upon the Coasts of Scotland' by Robert Moray

Reference number: RBO/2i/56

Date: 1 July 1663

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Herring was 19.5 inches in length and 5 inches in breadth without the fins

Reference number
RBO/2i/56
Earliest possible date
1 July 1663
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1 page
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Manuscript

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'The Measure Of a Herring caught upon the Coasts of Scotland' by Robert Moray, 1 July 1663, RBO/2i/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_56/the-measure-of-a-herring-caught-upon-the-coasts-of-scotland-by-robert-moray, accessed on 19 September 2024

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