Record

RefNoCLP/15ii/19
LevelFile
TitleLetter, regarding the horn of a stag from Mr Hopkins to Mr Senex
Date[1731]
DescriptionHopkins shares details of 'an extraordinarily large horn of a stag taken out of the sea off the coast of Lancashire [England]'.
Figure of horn with explanations attached.

Subject: Zoology

Read to the Royal Society on 25 November 1731

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of a letter from Mr. Hopkins to Mr. John Senex, F. R. S. concerning an extraordinary large horn of the stag kind, taken out of the sea on the coast of Lancashire'
LanguageEnglish
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0045
RelatedRecordRBO/16/27
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