Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge
A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham College
- 1681
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Royal Society (Great Britain). Museum, Nehemiah Grew, and Gresham College. Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. William Rawlins, 1681. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/l8tauji.
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