| Reference number | PT/46/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the impregnation of the ovum in the amphibia (second series, revised) and on the direct agency of the spermatozoon' by George Newport |
| Date | [1852] |
| Description | Subject: Zoology / Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the impregnation of the ovum in the amphibia. (Second series, revised.) And on the direct agency of the spermatozoon'.
Received by the Royal Society on 10 May 1852. Read 17 June 1852.
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 6, 1854. |
| Extent | 116p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0032 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1853.0010 |
| Coggon, Jennifer. (2023). Sperm-Force: Naturphilosophie and George Newport’s Quest to Discover the Secret of Fertilization. Journal of the History of Biology. 1-73. DOI:10.1007/s10739-022-09696-3 |
| Related records in the catalogue | AP/33/20 |
| RR/2/168 |
| PT/40/9 |
| AP/33/20 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5371 | Newport; George (1803 - 1854) | 1803 - 1854 |