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RefNoAP/8/8
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'The description of an organ by which the eyes of birds are accommodated to the different distances of objects' by Philip Crampton
Date7 June 1811
DescriptionCrampton discusses the ciliary muscles in the eyes of ostriches and eagles, positing that these muscles flatten the cornea, reducing its convex shape and allowing the birds to view objects at a distance.

Numerous corrections and marginalia appear throughout in ink and graphite. The title originally began with 'On the means', but this has been struck out.

Subject: Zoology

Written by Crampton in Dublin [Ireland]. Communicated by H [Humphry] Davy. Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1812.

This paper was published in full in the Annals of Chemistry: Crampton, Philip. 'The description of an organ by which the eyes of birds are accommodated to the different distances of objects'. Annals of Chemistry, vol 1, no 3, March 1813, 170-174.
Extent17p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialCrampton, Philip. 'The description of an organ by which the eyes of birds are accommodated to the different distances of objects'. Annals of Chemistry, vol 1, no 3, March 1813, 170-174.
URLDescriptionPublished paper available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
URLhttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/164181#page/184/mode/1up
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
NA3309Crampton; Sir; Philip (1777 - 1858)1777 - 1858
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