Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum

@article{Singer1954SirHS,
  title={Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum},
  author={Charles Joseph Singer},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1954},
  volume={173},
  pages={179-180}
}
Sir Hans Sloane and the British MuseumBy G. R. de Beer. (Published for the Trustees of the British Museum.) Pp. 192 + 11 plates. (London: Oxford University Press, 1953.) 18s. net. 
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