RefNo | PP/17/19 |
Previous numbers | PP/49/21 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'On the minute structure of the muscle-columns or sarco-styles which form the wing-muscles of insects. Preliminary note' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer |
Date | 1890 |
Description | Sharpey-Schafer writes: 'The fibres of the wing-muscles of most insects are made up of readily separable longitudinal elements, which are often called the “wing-fibrils,” although several observers have remarked the existence of an apparently fine fibrillation in them.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Entomology / Anatomy
Received 15 December 1890. Read 8 January 1891.
A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the minute structure of the muscle-columns or sarco-styles which form the wing-muscles of insects. Preliminary Note'. |
Extent | 16p |
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.1890.0092 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8017 | Sharpey-Schafer; Sir; Edward Albert (1850 - 1935) | 1850 - 1935 |