| RefNo | CLP/15i/40 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Some observations made on the spawn of froggs and of the production of todpoles therein' by Richard Waller |
| Date | December 1690 |
| Description | Waller writes on frogspawn and tadpoles. He describes how he observed frogspawn in a pot of water on his windowsill over a period of four weeks. Includes one page of figures showing stages of the tadpole life cycle.
Subject: Zoology / Herpetology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some observations made on the spawn of frogs, and of the production of todpoles therein, by the Learned and Curious Richard Waller, Esq; Reg. S. Secret'
Read to the Royal Society on 17 December 1690 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0096 |
| Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 17 (1691), p 523 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6739 | Waller; Richard (c1646 - 1715); natural philosopher and translator | c1646 - 1715 |