| Reference number | AP/34/14 |
| Previous numbers | AP.34.14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the reproduction of the toad and frog without the intermediate stage of tadpole' by Edward Joseph Lowe |
| Creator | Lowe; Edward Joseph (1825-1900); English botanist; meteorologist; astronomer |
| Date | 17 February 1853 |
| Description | Lowe shares brief remarks on the toad (Bufo vulgaris) and the frog (Rana temporaria), suggesting that they are viviparous.
Subject: Biology / Zoology / Herpetology
Received 19 February 1853. Communicated by John Lee.
Written by Lowe at the Observatory Beeston, Near Nottingham [England].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the reproduction of the toad and frog without the intermediate stage of tadpole'.
A version of this paper was published by Lowe in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Lowe, Edward Joseph. 'On the reproduction of the toad and frog without the intermediate stage of tadpole.' The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume 11, number 64 (1853), pp. 341-342. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1080/03745485609495782 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0103 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7536 | Lee; John (1783 - 1866) | 1783 - 1866 |