| RefNo | PT/75/4/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawing, 'Mus decumanus' by [W Wing] |
| Date | 15 January 1850 |
| Description | Plate 44, figure 33 showing enamel fibres from the base of the incisor of the Mus decumanus [Rattus norvegicus; brown rat]. The plate is dated in pencil bottom right, '15/1/50'. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. A faint rough sketch of a section of a tooth is visible verso. Not signed.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes.
Received by the Royal Society on 19 February 1850. Read 30 May 1850. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite on artists' paper |
| Dimensions | 190x155mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1850.0029 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0242 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/38/14 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7664 | Tomes; Sir; John (1815 - 1895) | 1815 - 1895 |