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RefNoPT/75/1/2
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, 'Organs of reproduction in Myriapoda (Julus.)' by G [George] Newport
Date[1841]
DescriptionPlate 3, figures 1-11 showing details of the reproductive organs of the male and female Julus terrestris [type of millipede]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A pencil inscription across the top reads 'Organ of Reproduction and Development of Myriapoda'. Signed in graphite bottom left 'G. Newport. del.' Covered with a thin layer of tracing paper. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Entomology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'The Bakerian Lecture.—On the organs of reproduction, and the development of the myriapoda.—First series' by George Newport.

Received and read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1841.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionGraphite on paper
Dimensions285x223mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1841.0012
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0175
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5371Newport; George (1803 - 1854)1803 - 1854
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