'An abstract account of a Lad in Saxony that swallowed a Knife etc' by Edmond Halley
Reference number: RBO/9/13

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The knife was drawn out of the stomach on a silk thread on 2 August 1692 after being there for seven months
- Reference number
- RBO/9/13
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An abstract account of a Lad in Saxony that swallowed a Knife etc' by Edmond Halley, RBO/9/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_13/an-abstract-account-of-a-lad-in-saxony-that-swallowed-a-knife-etc-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 10 February 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 9, copies of papers communicated 1699-1707
1699-1707 Reference number: RBO/9
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Dates: 1661-1739
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