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RefNoPT/21/7
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly those of the hare and the salmon' by Sir D [David] Brewster
Date14 November 1835
DescriptionIllustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/16/2-3.

Subject: Zoology / Physics

Published in volume 126 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals. Continued from a former paper (Phil. Trans. 1833, p. 332.)' in 1836.

Written by Brewster at Belleville by Kingussie [Scotland]. Received by the Royal Society in December 1835. Read 21 January 1836.

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 3, 1837.
Extent44p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0226
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1836.0008
RelatedRecordPT/73/16/2
PT/73/16/3
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
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