| RefNo | PT/16/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston' by Joseph Whidbey in a letter to John Barrow |
| Date | [1823] |
| Description | Refers to limestone caverns in Oreston, now a suburb of Plymouth. A portion of this paper was written by William Clift. The manuscript for Clift's section is found at PT/16/10. Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/10/7-17.
Subject: Palaeontology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston. By Joseph Whidbey, Esq. F. R. S. in a letter addressed to John Barrow, Esq. F. R. S. to which is added, a description of the bones by Mr. William Clift, Conservator of the Museum of the College of Surgeons'.
Written by Whidbey at the Admiralty, London. Read 6 February 1823.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0204 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0011 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/16/10 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2833 | Whidbey; Joseph (1755 - 1833) | 1755 - 1833 |
| NA2824 | Barrow; Sir; John (1764 - 1848) | 1764 - 1848 |