Record

RefNoAP/4/6
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, on sea nettles from Abbé [Jacques-François] Dicquemare to unknown recipients
CreatorDicquemare; Jacques-François (1733-1789); physician; astronomer; naturalist
Date3 November 1772
DescriptionDicquemare provides his observations and experiments on sea nettles or anemones of the Urtica marina species, focusing primarily on their regenerating properties. Includes corrections in ink throughout. A small portion of a published paper by Dicquemare on sea anemones is found at AP/4/6b.

Subject: Marine Biology / Zoology

Written by Dicquemare at Havre de Grace [Le Havre, Normandy, France]. Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1773.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/4/6b
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