Reference number | AP/12/16 |
Level | File |
Title | Unpublished letters, 'Microscopical observations on the muscular fibres of the elephant' from Herbert Mayo to Sir Everard Home |
Date | [1826] |
Description | Mayo repeats the same microscopic observations on muscular fibres of an elephant killed at Exeter Change [Exeter Exchange, London] as those undertaken by Home on the human body. Preceded by a covering letter from Home to Humphry Davy.
Subject: Zoology / Physiology
Received by the Royal Society on 3 April 1826. |
Extent | 5p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | AP/12/16/1 |
AP/12/16/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |
NA5470 | Mayo; Herbert (1796 - 1852) | 1796 - 1852 |