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Reference numberL&P/6/114
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TitleLetters, 'On the torpidity of swallows and martins' from James Cornish to Daines Barrington
Date3 February 1775
DescriptionConsists of three letters.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Of the torpidity of swallows and martins. By James Cornish, Surgeon, at Totnes, Devonshire, in sundry letters to the honourable Daines Barrington, F. R. S. and Dr. Maty, Sec. R. S'

Read 26 May 1775
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0035
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