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Caroli Linnaei ... disquisitio de qvaestione ab Academia Imperiali Scientiarum Petropol. in annvm MDCCLIX. pro praemio proposita: sexum plantarum argumentis et experimentis nouis, praeter adhuc iam cognita, vel corroborare, vel impugnare, praemissa expositione historica et physica omnium plantae partium, quae aliquid ad foecundationem et perfectionem seminis et fructus conferre creduntur, ab eadem Academia die VI. Septembris MDCCLX. in conuentu publico praemio ornata.
Publication Details
St. Petersburg, Russia: Typis Academiae Scientiarum, 1760 CE.
This work is typically referred to as Disquisitio de sexu plantarum. Translated into English as A dissertation on the sexes of plants translated from the Latin of Linnaeus by James Edward Smith. London: Printed for the author, and sold by George Nicol, 1786.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #13640 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15921 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | disquisitio-de-sexu-plantarum |
Geographic Context
Mentioned in annotation: London