| RefNo | RR/2/166 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'On the impregnation of the ovum, in the amphibia' [First Series], by George Newport |
| Date | [1850] |
| Description | No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Paper is a continuation of an earlier series of researches into the Myriapoda, published in the Philosophical Transactions in 1841. Report suggests a different type of animal may have been more suitable for comparable invertebrate experiments, such as round worms. Quotes from Karl Friedrich Burdach, Allen Thomson, 'Rud. Wager' [?] and Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolph Leuckart. Refers to work of Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm Bischoff, Pierre Prévost and Jean Baptiste André Dumas, and Martin Barry. Provides a comprehensive list of criticisms and recommendations.
Subject: Zoology, Physiology
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society] |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1851.0011 Vol.141 1851 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/40/9 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3673 | Thomson; Allen (1809 - 1884) | 1809 - 1884 |
| NA5371 | Newport; George (1803 - 1854) | 1803 - 1854 |