| RefNo | PT/74/1/36 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, anatomy of torpedoes by unknown artist |
| Date | [1834] |
| Description | Plate 24, figures 1-5 showing the anatomy of a young torpedo, a foetal torpedo, the oviduct of the Torpedo diversicolor [Torpedo marmorata; marbled electric ray], and the uterine organs of the Torpedo oculata [Torpedo torpedo; common torpedo]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper on electric rays is wanting.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the torpedo, with an account of some additional experiments on its electricity' by John Davy.
Received by the Royal Society on 15 May 1834. Read 19 June 1834. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 280x228mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1834.0026 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0168 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3369 | Davy; John (1790 - 1868); surgeon | 1790 - 1868 |