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RefNoPT/74/5/19
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, 'Haddock' and 'Turbot' by [Martin Barry]
Date[1838]
DescriptionPlate 6, figures 33-34 (labelled here as figures 32-34, with 32 and 33 showing two versions of the same figure) showing the yolk and membrane of the haddock [Gadus aeglefinus; Melanogrammus aeglefinus] and the membrana vitelli of the turbot [Pleuronectes maximus; Scophthalmus maximus]. Figures pasted onto backing sheet. Inscribed with figure details. Graphite labels for parts of figure 32 struck out in graphite. Red ink inscriptions next to figures reading '49', '50', and '32' struck out in black ink. Rough graphite sketches of ova viewed under a miscroscope visible verso. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Biology / Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Researches in embryology. First series' by Martin Barry

Received by the Royal Society on 20 June 1838. Read 21 June 1838.
Extent2p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionGraphite on paper; mounted on paper
Dimensions201x62mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1838.0016
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0034
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6989Barry; Martin (1802 - 1855)1802 - 1855
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