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TitlePaper, 'An essay upon the natural history of whales with a particular account of the amber-greese found in the Sperma Ceti Whale' by Paul Dudley, dated at Roxburg
Date5 April 1725
DescriptionMatters discussed are: the different species of whales, how they care for their young, respiration, feeding, the way they are killed, the enemies of whales, the ambergris of sperm whales
In EL/D2/68 Dudley states that he sends a sample of ambergris to the Royal Society
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33, no 387, p 256
LanguageEnglish
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0053
RelatedRecordEL/D2/68
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
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