| RefNo | AP/9/20/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'On a peculiarity in the structure of the eye of the Balæna mysticetus' by J A [John Atkinson?] Ransome |
| Date | [1819] |
| Description | Ransome describes his dissection and anatomical study of four eye specimens from the Balaena mysticetus [bowhead whale]. He discovered that two muscles in the eye enable it to switch from a flat shape like that of fish to a convex one like that of quadrupeds in order to see clearly both underwater and out of water.
An ink inscription below the title originally read 'in a letter to Astley Cooper Esq FRS from J A Ransome...', but this was struck out and corrected to 'Communicated by Astley Cooper Esq FRS By J A Ransome'. Graphite corrections and annotations appear throughout.
Subject: Zoology
Communicated by Astley Cooper. Read to the Royal Society on 9 March 1820. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/9/20 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7001 | Cooper; Sir; Astley Paston (1768 - 1841) | 1768 - 1841 |