| RefNo | PP/10/4 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The reputed suicide of scorpions' by Alfred Gibbs Bourne |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Bourne writes: 'The legend that a scorpion when placed within a ring of red-hot embers will, after making futile efforts to pass the fiery circle which surrounds it, deliberately kill itself by inflicting a wound with its sting in its own head is said to emanate from Spain, and is of considerable antiquity: it has been, moreover, attested by very high authority.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Zoology
Received 22 December 1886. Read 13 January 1887. Communicated by Edwin Ray Lankester.
A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The reputed suicide of scorpions'. |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0007 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1677 | Bourne; Sir; Alfred Gibbs (1859 - 1940); zoologist, botanist, and educator in India | 1859 - 1940 |
| NA8247 | Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929) | 1847 - 1929 |