Record

RefNoRBO/14/24
AltRefNoRBO.14.103
LevelItem
Title'A Farther Account of the Generation of Eels and the Variety of it in the Worm kind particulariz'd in the Worm, Snail and Oyster' communicated to Hans Sloane by Benjamin Allen
Date1729
DescriptionDiscussing reproduction of eels, earthworms, snail and oyster
Figures in text;
p. 110 shows The brain of the Eeel - the upper side and the underside; an adders brain; a hard snail; the penis, and the bottles uterus; The oyster
p. 111 shows The Great Colts Foot Oyster; the underside, with the heart, and the liver
Read to the Royal Society on 19 and 26 June 1729
LanguageEnglish
Extent9 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCLP/15ii/13
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
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