| Reference number | PP/2/34 |
| Previous numbers | PP/34/36 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Note on a discovery, as yet unpublished, by the late Professor F M [Francis Maitland] Balfour, concerning the existence of a blastopore, and on the origin of the mesoblast in the embryo of Peripatus Capensis' by Henry Nottidge Moseley and Adam Sedgwick |
| Date | 1882 |
| Description | Moseley and Sedgwick write: 'The late Professor F M Balfour left a considerable amount of material, both in the form of drawings and MSS., which he had intended to employ in the publication of a monograph on the anatomy and development of the members of the genus Peripatus, together with an account of all known species.' They relay Balfour's observations.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Zoology / Embryology
Received 4 December 1882. Read 14 December 1882.
A version of this paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on a discovery, as yet unpublished, by the late Professor F. M. Balfour, concerning the existence of a blastopore, and on the origin of the mesoblast in the embryo of Peripatus Capensis'. |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | 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.1882.0054 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6469 | Moseley; Henry Nottidge (1844 - 1891) | 1844 - 1891 |
| NA6841 | Sedgwick; Adam (1854 - 1913) | 1854 - 1913 |
| NA6471 | Balfour; Francis Maitland (1851 - 1882) | 1851 - 1882 |