| RefNo | PT/74/7/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, muscle tissues from various animals by [William Bowman] |
| Date | [1840] |
| Description | Plate 16, figures 1-22 showing muscle tissues under magnification from a human, a staghorn beetle [Lucanus cervus; European stag beetle], a skate [Raia batus], a haddock [Gadus aeglefinus; Melanogrammus aeglefinus], a frog, a boa constrictor, a teal [Querquedula crecca; Anas crecca; common teal], a rabbit, a shark, a turtle, a chameleon, a hare, an ox, a crab, a duck, and a pig. Inscribed recto and verso with publication and plate details. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto backing sheet. Not signed.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle' by William Bowman.
Received and read by the Royal Society on 18 June 1840. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite on card; mounted on paper |
| Dimensions | 275x220mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1840.0022 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0132 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/24/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3689 | Bowman; Sir; William (1816 - 1892); surgeon and anatomist | 1816 - 1892 |