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11 manuscript pages and five plates showing the anatomy of the blow-hole of the porpoise. Includes some unpublished illustrations.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the blow-hole of the porpoise'.

Communicated by Thomas Bell. Received by the Royal Society on 18 December 1845. Read 12 March 1846.

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 5, 1851.

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PT/34/7
Earliest possible date
1845
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Sibson

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Francis Sibson, Paper, 'On the blow hole of the porpoise' by Francis Sibson, 1845, PT/34/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_34_7/paper-on-the-blow-hole-of-the-porpoise-by-francis-sibson, accessed on 22 January 2025

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