| Reference number | PT/73/16/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawing, magnified lamina of cod eye by [Robert Kaye Greville] |
| Date | [1833] |
| Description | Plate 8, figure 2 showing the lamina [nerve fibres] on the lens of a cod eye under magnification, showing two fibres connected through a series of 'teeth'. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Ink inscription verso reads 'of Quadrupeds and Birds'. Not signed.
Subject: Zoology / Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly that of the cod' by David Brewster.
Received by the Royal Society on 21 March 1833. Read 9 May 1833. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 227x190mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0110 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1833.0018 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/21/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |