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Reference numberL&P/3/317
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Of a fossil alligator at Whitby' by William Chapman
Date20 March 1758
DescriptionContains plate.

Subject: Archaeology/Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the fossile bones of an allegator, found on the sea-shore, near Whitby in Yorkshire. In a letter to John Fothergill, M. D. from Capt. William Chapman'

Read 4 May 1758
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper and plate
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1757.0093
Related records in the catalogueL&P/3/317/1
L&P/3/317/2
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