Record

RefNoPT/16/10
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'A description of the fossil bones found by Mr Whidbey in the caverns of Oreston, referred to in the foregoing paper' by William Clift
Date[1823]
DescriptionThis paper by Clift forms part of another paper written by Joseph Whidbey, found at PT/16/9. Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/10/7-17.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of a paper titled 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston. By Joseph Whidbey, Esq. F. R. S. in a letter addressed to John Barrow, Esq. F. R. S. to which is added, a description of the bones by Mr. William Clift, Conservator of the Museum of the College of Surgeons'.

Read 6 February 1823.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
Extent20p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0204
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0011
RelatedRecordPT/16/9
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7491Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator1775 - 1849
NA2833Whidbey; Joseph (1755 - 1833)1755 - 1833
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