Record

RefNoCLP/10ii/15
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An account of the veins and arteries of leaves' by Frank Nicholls
Date[1730]
DescriptionNicholls describes his dissection of leaves following the method of Albertus Seba (see CLP/10ii/8-9) and his discovery of a network of fibres in the leaves and stems of the plant.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the veins and arteries of leaves'.

Read to the Royal Society on 11 June 1730.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0051
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36, no 414, p 371
RelatedRecordRBO/14/127
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5253Nicholls; Frank (1699 - 1778)1699 - 1778
NA312Seba; Albertus (1665 - 1736)1665 - 1736
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