| Reference number | AP/64/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the intra-ovarian egg of some osseous fishes' by Robert [Francis] Scharff |
| Creator | Scharff; Robert Francis (1858-1934); English zoologist |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Scharff describes a series of researches which were carried out while acting as assistant to Professor [William Carmichael] McIntosh, at the St Andrews Marine Laboratory [Fife, Scotland; later replaced by Gatty Marine Laboratory]. The chief material consists of the intra-ovarian ovum of the gurnard (Trigla gurnardus), though several other marine forms are examined. The paper is divided into five sections: 'The nucleus and its changes in the smaller ova'; 'The larger ova and the formation of the yolk spherules'; 'The egg membranes'; 'The follicular layer'; and 'Development'.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Zoology
Received 17 November 1886. Communicated by McIntosh.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 41 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the intra-ovarian egg of some osseous fishes'.
A version of this paper was published by Scharff in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science [later Journal of Cell Science]: Scharff, Robert. 'Memoirs: On the Intra-Ovarian Egg of Some Osseous Fishes.' The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volume s2-28, number 109 (1887), pp. 53-74. |
| Extent | 40p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0108 |
| DOI: 10.1242/jcs.s2-28.109.53 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/6/241 |
| RR/6/242 |
| RR/9/398 |
| RR/9/399 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6465 | McIntosh; William Carmichael (1838 - 1931) | 1838 - 1931 |