Paper, 'On the blow hole of the porpoise' by Francis Sibson
Reference number: PT/34/7
Date: 1845
Description
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 Includes some unpublished illustrations.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.
- Reference number
- PT/34/7
- Earliest possible date
- 1845
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 16 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1848
December 1845 - May 1848 Reference number: PT/34
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Francis Sibson
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