| RefNo | PT/17/1/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the polar circle' by Sir Everard Home in a letter to Sir H [Humphry] Davy |
| Date | 11 February 1824 |
| Description | The paper has been annotated and endorsed by the Secretary, John F.W. Herschel.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the Polar Circle. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. In a Letter addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. Pres. R. S'.
Written by Home in Sackville Street [London]. Read 4 March 1824.
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. |
| Extent | 19p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0235 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1824.0014 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/17/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |
| NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |