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Paul Schilling letters to Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 4700-0012

Scope and content

Two letters found inside front cover of Soemmerring's book Abbildungen und Beschreibungen einiger Misgeburten, 1791.

Dates

  • 1789.

Creator

Language of Material

In German.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring was a German physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist, and inventor. He discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye. He also invented an “electrochemical telegraph” in 1809. In 1832 Baron Schilling von Canstatt also invented an early telegraph.

Extent

2 items. (2 items.)

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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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