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RefNoPT/75/2/2
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, 'Fibre' [blood corpuscles and coagula] by [Martin Barry]
Date[1841]
DescriptionPlate 5, figures 1-15 showing blood corpuscles and coagula from various animals, including a human, a sparrow [Fringilla domestica; Passer domesticus; house sparrow], a chick [Phasianus gallus; chicken], a turtle, a frog [Rana temporaria], a newt [Lissotriton punctatus; Lissotriton vulgaris; smooth newt], a toad [Rana bufo; Bufo bufo], a skate [Raia batis], a cod [Gadus morrhua; Atlantic cod], a lobster [Cancer marinus; Homarus gammarus], and an oyster [Ostrea edulis; European flat oyster]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Figure numbers originally drawn in black ink; struck out and rewritten with the same numbers in red ink. Figures drawn separately and mounted onto backing sheet. Not signed.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On fibre' by Martin Barry.

Received by the Royal Society on 3 December 1841. Read 16 December 1841.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionGraphite on paper, mounted on blue board
Dimensions315x245mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1842.0008
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0180
RelatedRecordPT/26/5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6989Barry; Martin (1802 - 1855)1802 - 1855
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