| Reference number | AP/39/16 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the sea saw-dust [Trichodesmium] of the Pacific' by John Denis Macdonald |
| Date | 1856 |
| Description | Macdonald provides a description of sea sawdust, a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria observed in the South Pacific Ocean.
Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes one page of figures of the sea sawdust.
Subject: Algology
Received 13 January 1857. Read 26 February 1857. Communicated by Captain [Henry Mangles] Denham.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the sea saw-dust of the Pacific'. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0102 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3682 | Macdonald; Sir; John Denis (1826 - 1908) | 1826 - 1908 |
| NA6653 | Denham; Sir; Henry Mangles (1800 - 1887) | 1800 - 1887 |