James Laskey, Crediton, Devon, to James Edward Smith, President Linnean Society, at Their Rooms, [London]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/ADD/48
Title James Laskey, Crediton, Devon, to James Edward Smith, President Linnean Society, at Their Rooms, [London]
Letter date May 1801
Author(s) James Laskey 1801-1809
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/ADD/48 from James Laskey, Crediton, Devon, to James Edward Smith, President Linnean Society, at Their Rooms, [London] (May 1801)

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Item Type: Document
From: Laskey, James
Sent from: Crediton, Devon
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Communicates his observations on "the small knobs frequently found on shells of the 'Anomia' genus", which he has discovered to be the ossified "tendinous ligature" of other unfortunate shells violently forced from their "adhesive situation".

Letter date: May 1801
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 69
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 20 Jun [1801]
Finding AidsHutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society.