| RefNo | CLP/15i/64 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Appendix, 'A supplement to the account of the Pediculus pulsatorius, or death-watch published in Philosophical Transactions number 271, serving to the more perfect natural history of that insect' by William Derham |
| Date | April 1704 |
| Description | Derham provides observations on the death-watch beetle, with a particular focus on its generation.
Subject: Zoology / Entomology
Original account published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A letter from the Reverend Mr William Derham to the publisher, concerning an insect that is commonly called the death-watch'
Read to the Royal Society on 26 April 1704 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0084 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6239 | Derham; William (1657 - 1735); naturalist | 1657 - 1735 |