| RefNo | AP/21/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'An inquiry into a new theory of earthy bases of vegetable tissues' by J B [Joseph Bancroft] Reade |
| Date | 27 February 1838 |
| Description | Reade shares his observations on the bark of bamboo (Bambuseae), noting a structure of cells and tubes at the plant's epidermis. He also shares observations on the structure of a stalk of wheat (Triticum).
Subject: Biology / Botany
Received 1 March 1838.
Written by Reade in Peckham [London].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'An inquiry into a new theory of earthy bases of vegetable tissues'. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0016 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1/194 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2965 | Reade; Joseph Bancroft (1801 - 1870) | 1801 - 1870 |