RefNo | CLP/15i/70 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Smelts transplanted' by Paul Dudley |
Date | January 1723 |
Description | Dudley describes how an 'ingenious man' took smelts (family Osmeridae) from a river and deposited them in a local pond. Dudley observes that the smelts have increased abundantly but that they have 'degenerated to a very small sort'.
Subject: Zoology / Ichthyology
Read to the Royal Society on 10 January 1723 |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/11/70 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7811 | Dudley; Paul (1675 - 1751) | 1675 - 1751 |