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RefNoPT/73/11/12
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, specimens of Planariæ by J R J [James Rawlins Johnson]
Date[1825]
DescriptionPlate 16, figures 1-11 showing various Planaria [flatworm] specimens, including P. cornuta, P. felina, and P. nigra. Figures 6-8 show spontaneous division of the P. cornuta. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink in bottom left corner, 'J. R. J. Delt.' Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked '1823'. Embossed stamp in top left corner, not legible. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Further observations on Planariæ' by James Rawlins Johnson.

Read to the Royal Society on 10 March 1825.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash on paper
Dimensions232x185mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0013
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0258
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3445Johnson; James Rawlins (- 1840); physician - 1840
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