| RefNo | AP/33/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy |
| Date | 18 November 1851 |
| Description | Davy shares observations on his experiments made on the ova of the Charr (Salmo umbla). After giving a description of the mature eggs of this fish, he details the trials instituted by him: firstly, on the action of water, showing its coagulating effect, except when added in very minute quantity; secondly, on the action of heat; thirdly, on the action of alkalies and salts; fourthly, on the action of acids and some other agents. Davy concludes that the vitellus of the Charr and of the eggs of the other Salmonidae is distinct in its properties, both from the albumen and yolk of the eggs of birds.
Subject: Zoology / Ichthyology
Received 20 November 1851. Read 5 February 1851.
Written by Davy at Lesketh How, Ambleside [Cumbria, England].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Some observations on the ova of the salmonidae'. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0049 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/2/53 |
| RR/2/55 |
| AP/38/7 |
| RR/2/54 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3369 | Davy; John (1790 - 1868); surgeon | 1790 - 1868 |