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RefNoRBO/18/4
AltRefNoRBO.18.4
LevelItem
TitleAccount of a worm from Holland by G Sellius
Date1732
DescriptionOriginal letter dated 22 July 1732
Worm is five or six inches long, and sometimes found to be three feet long
Details of the piles (wormcasts?) made by the worm
Original figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October and 2 November 1732
LanguageLatin
Extent25 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/15 page 165 and JBO/15/ page 170
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